Reminiscences of Ion M. Bethel : oral history, 1969.

Biographical Note

Marine Corps officer.

Scope and Contents

Early years and schooling in Texas, Texas A & M, 1925; World War I enlisted service, 1918-1919; commissioned 1925; match rifle and pistol competition; duty in China, 1927-1929; assignment to Civilian Conservation Corps; textile engineering course, Lowell Textile Institute, 1937-1939; procurement and supply duties; World War II, Supply Officer, 3rd Marine Division; Procurement Section, Marine Corps Supply Department, Philadelphia, 1945-1950, and Headquarters Marine Corps, 1950-1952; Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps, 1957-1958; Marine Corps supply and procurement procedures, and personalities.

Subjects

• Armed Forces--Procurement.
• Bethel, Ion M.--Interviews.
• Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
• Frank, Benis M., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United States. Marine Corps--Procurement.
• United States. Marine Corps.
• Veterans--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Interview is in the public domain.