| Scope and content |
This oral interview documents many aspects of Puryear's career as a U.S. Marine Corps officer. Puryear describes his education, his service during two World Wars, various posts he was assigned to, U.S. foreign policy, and notable Marine generals. Puryear spent the bulk of his career as a quartermaster during the two World Wars with posts in Cuba, the Philippines, France, Germany, New Zealand, Haiti, Port Royal, S.C., Mare Island, S.C., Quantico, and Washington, D.C. |
| General note | Interviewer: Donald R. Lennon. Interview date: November 13, 1975. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Bennet Puryear, Jr., Oral History Interview (#OH0026), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Bennet Puryear, Jr. |
