OH152 Earl M. Sutliff Oral History
Collection Title
Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - World War II
Series Number
OH152
Interviewee
Sutliff, Earl M.
Interviewer
Hammack, James W.
Date Interviewed
October 26th, 1983
Processed by
Benjamin J. Drake
Date Processed
November 11th, 2011
Description
1 sound disc (50 minutes)
Abstract
Earl M. Sutliff describes his experiences during the Second World War. He describes his training and duties with the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts at Cleveland, Ohio and his travels to the Philippines and Guam to distribute pay to service personnel following the Japanese occupation. He discusses the war-torn areas he visited during the war and recounts post-war celebrations, benefits to servicemen and his discharge from the military.
Biographical/Historical Note
Earl M. Sutliff was born in Princeton, Illinois around 1910. Prior to the Second World War, he was a store manager for Brown Lynch Scott Department Store in Aledo, Illinois. He was drafted into the United States Navy in 1943 and was stationed at Camp Peary, Virginia for basic training. During the war, he served with the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts at Cleveland, Ohio. He later was stationed at Mobile, Alabama, San Bruno, California, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Manila, the Philippines, Guam, and Chicago, Illinois. He was discharged from the military in Chicago in November of 1945.
General Information
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Subject Headings/Descriptors
Sutliff, Earl M., 1910-
United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.
Soldiers – Illinois.
World War, 1939-1945 – Ohio – Cleveland.
Aledo (Ill.)
Cleveland (Ohio)
Mobile (Ala.)
San Bruno (Calf.)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
Guam.
Philippines – History – Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
Recommended Citation
Hammack, James W., "OH152 Earl M. Sutliff Oral History" (2025). World War II. 23.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-wwii/23
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