James Reeves and Amy Spiker
Recorded
July 31, 2009
Archived
July 31, 2009
41:28 minutes
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Id:
DDB000562
Description
Amy Spiker (43) interviews her father, James Reeves (87) about his time serving as a Marine during WWII. He also talks about his 70-year career as an auto garage owner and his 64-year marriage.Subject Log / Time Code
- James joined the Marines at age 20 and became a paratrooper.
- He talks about spending time training in Hawaii.
- James landed at Iwojima, describes the fighting there.
- James was injured in combat and sent back to Japan when the war was over as part of the occupational troops.
- James hitchhiked to see FDR’s inauguration.
- Meeting and marrying his wife of 64 years.
- Took over the car garage and repair shop his father started-- never misses a day of work.
Participants
- James Reeves
- Amy Spiker
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Partnership
Partnership Type
Fee for ServiceKeywords
- bayonet
- Beach
- Bomb
- bus station
- California
- Camp Pendleton
- Car racing
- Chinese restaurant
- FDR
- foxholes
- Franklin Roosevelt
- garage
- Guam
- guns
- Hawaii
- Hitchhiking
- Illinois
- Inauguration
- Injuries
- Iwojima
- Japan
- Kona Coast
- Los Angeles
- Marines
- memories of former times
- NASCAR
- New York Giants
- New York Yankees
- North Carolina
- parachutes
- Paratroopers
- personal experiences
- Pittsburgh
- Purple Heart
- Reeves Motor Company
- Skydiving
- South carolina
- Spouse
- steak
- Submarine
- Tank
- top hats
- Training
- USMC