- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- Chicago Cold War: James J. McNalis
- Creator:
- McNalis, James J.
Yaros, Craig - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2012-02-01
- Subject:
- United States. Navy
Saratoga (Cruiser)
Oral history
Interviews
Cold War - Location:
- Mediterranean Sea, 35.0, 20.0
United States, Illinois, Dupage County, Aurora, 41.75505, -88.22412 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- James McNalis was born in Aurora, Illinois, in 1952. His father had served on a battleship in the Pacific in World War II. In 1972, McNalis received a draft notice and signed up for the Navy. Assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga from 1973-1975, McNalis served as a yeoman, or clerk, in W Division, which handled special or nuclear weapons on the ship. During his stay on the Saratoga, it toured in the Caribbean and Mediterranean.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/296
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:296/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2017 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Extent:
- Audio file: 38:56 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Chicago Cold War Oral History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
Chicago Cold War: James J. McNalis
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