Oral history interview with Daryl Lester Tennal, Jr. [sound recording], 2003 Feb. 27.
| Title | Oral history interview with Daryl Lester Tennal, Jr. [sound recording], 2003 Feb. 27. Cassette title: Darly L. Tennal, Jr. : USMC, 8/1942-10/1945 Daryl Tennal interview |
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| Date | 2006. 2003. |
| Creator | Tennal, Daryl L. (Daryl Lester), 1922-2005, interviewee. |
| Contributor | Belt, Barbara A., interviewer. Douglas County Veterans History Project. Veterans History Project (U.S.) Douglas County History Research Center (Colo.) |
| Description | User system requirements: Computer with graphical browser and audio player software. Streamed 11.025 kHz sample rate, 16Kbits/sec. data rate. Both derived from an audio master digitized at 44.1 kHz, 24 bits per sample, mono. from an analog audio cassette. Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia; 2006. Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon Cassette Deck (playback machine); Prism Sound Dream ADA-8XR multi-channel 24bit/192kHz analog/digital converter; Intel Celeron 1.8 GHz/224 MB RAM PCs (manufactured by PowerSpec) with FireWire hard drives (manufactured by MicroNet and LaCie) and M-Audio Delta Audiophile internal sound card; external FireWire hard drive. Software: Steinberg WaveLab 4.01b Audio Editing and Mastering Software. Sound file names: DCL2003.203.sideA.wav, DCL2003.203.sideB.wav. 2 sound files in 2 formats : digital, WAV (744,055,200 bytes; 664,939,800 bytes) and MP3 (19,691,146 bytes; 17,596,335) files. Digital reproduction. Title from transcript. Duration: 85 min. Associated research materials, including photographs, are available to complement this oral history. Audio and transcript available via the World Wide Web. Interviewer: Barbara Belt. Sound Interview on February 27, 2003, Veterans Service Office, Douglas County Building, Castle Rock, Colo. Interview with Daryl Tennal, 27 February, 2003, Douglas County History Research Center, Veterans History Project. Electronic reproduction funded by the Collaborative Digitization Program, Denver, Colo. Daryl Lester was born in the Denver, Colo. area. He enrolled in the US Marine Corps in August 1942, and was involved in several battles on islands in the South Pacific before he was discharged in October 1945 with the rank of Corporal. He returned to the Denver area to raise a family and retired to a cabin in southwestern Douglas County. Tennal recalls his experiences as a Marine assigned to duty in the Pacific region during World War II. He describes his early days in the Marine Corps and becoming a member of the Marine Corps Band. He also details many of the battles and offenses he participated in while fighting the Japanese on islands in the South Pacific, including Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands and Guam, and the effects of the malaria he contracted while stationed there. |
| Subject | 355.0092273 Tennal, Daryl L. (Daryl Lester), 1922-2005 Interviews. United States. Marine Corps World War, 1939-1945. United States. Marine Corps Military life. United States Marine Band World War, 1939-1945. Veterans United States Interviews. Veterans Colorado Douglas County Interviews. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945 Veterans United States. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area. |
| Type | Sound Oral histories. aat |
| Source | ACC 2003.203 |
| Publisher | Castle Rock, Colo. : Douglas County History Research Center, Douglas County Libraries, Douglas County Library |
| Rights | To see copyright information about this material, visit our website at http://douglascountyhistory.org/copyright.htm. |
| Identifier | http://douglascountyhistory.org/voices/tennal/daryltennal.htm |
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| Citation | Tennal, Daryl L. (Daryl Lester), 1922-2005, interviewee. , "Oral history interview with Daryl Lester Tennal, Jr. [sound recording], 2003 Feb. 27.," in Heritage West, Item #73588, http://heritagewest.coalliance.org/items/show/73588 (accessed June 20, 2013). |