OH002 Hughie Butler Oral History
Collection Title
Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - World War I
Series Number
OH002
Interviewee
Butler, Hughie
Interviewer
Fuller, Mark
Date Interviewed
October 28th, 1982
Processed by
Sheree Wise
Date Processed
January 14th, 2009
Description
2 sound discs (1 hour, 37 minutes)
Abstract
Hughie Butler, a resident of Fulton, Kentucky, discusses his experiences in the United States Navy during the First World War. Included in the discussion are such topics as basic training, overseas travel, the 1918 flu epidemic, and the everyday life of a sailor during the war. Mr. Butler also describes the attitudes the French people toward American soldiers and cultural change on the home front following the war.
Biographical/Historical Note
Hughie Butler was a resident of Fulton, Kentucky who served in the United States Navy during the First World War. He was inducted into the Navy at age 18 on May 5, 1918. He attended basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago, Illinois. He was transferred from one camp to another before he was stationed at Camp Ross at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He then took a train from New York to New Jersey to board the ship U.S.S. Leviathan to go to Brest, France. A train took him to Trompeloup, France where they were building a naval air station. He worked in the medical corps in the Pulliac region of France. He returned aboard the U.S.S. Imperitor.
General Information
No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.
Subject Headings/Descriptors
World War I
Butler, Hughie
Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago
Trompeloup, France
Pulliac, France
U.S.S. Leviathan
U.S.S. Imperator
Recommended Citation
Mark, Fuller, "OH002 Hughie Butler Oral History" (2025). World War I. 2.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-wwi/2
Audio Transcript
