Eddie Thompson: Interview

2005-04-06

Thompson, Eddie

Eddie Thompson, US Navy, World War II (Interviewed April 6, 2005) At age 97, Eddie Thompson was the oldest veteran interviewed on KAMU's Veteran's of the Valley. His life spanned both World War I and World War II. He joined the Navy in 1942 at age 35. He served in the Pacific on the deck of the USS Birmingham. He was on the Birmingham at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He was also on board May 4, 1945, when a Japanese suicide plane hit next to Eddie Thompson's cabin. Eddie Thompson was the uncle of KAMU host, Sharon Colson.

KAMU-TV (Television station : College Station, Tex.); Turbiville, Tom

MovingImage; interview; Oral histories

Thompson, Eddie; Veterans--United States--Interviews; United States. Navy; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945

Veterans of the Valley

Collections

English

In copyright-educational use permitted; For more information, see http://rightsstatementsorg/vocab/InC-EDU/10/

Items in this collection were donated to Cushing Memorial Library and Archives in 2017 by Tom Turbiville
Creation/Production Credits
From "Veterans of the Valley," a television series created by host Tom Turbiville and produced at KAMU-TV’s studio on the Texas A&M University, College Station campus
Local Note
reformatted digital

Catalog Key: 03-VOTV-Thompson_Eddie-video