Scope and content |
Collection (ca. 1936 - 1997) relating to the life and career of Arthur G. McIntyre, a commander in the United States Navy who served during and after World War II, including manuscripts, printed materials and printed forms, photographic prints, negatives and slides, and ephemera. |
Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
Cite as |
Arthur G. McIntyre Collection (#928), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Edward D. Costello. |
Biographical note | Arthur G. McIntyre was a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy (Class of 1941) who was captured as a prisoner of war during World War II after his submarine, the USS GRENADIER (SS 210), was sunk by Japanese planes in the Malacca Straits. McIntyre spent the rest of the war in Japanese prisoner of war camps, 1943-45; after medical treatment he continued in the service rising to command the USS LIONFISH (SS-298) and retiring in 1959 with the rank of commander. |