Interview: Robinson, Daniel Edward, 2008
Item
- Resource class
- Interview
- Title
- Interview: Robinson, Daniel Edward, 2008
- Type
- Interview
- Interviewee
- Robinson, Daniel Edward
- Birth Year
- 1925
- Birth Place
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Interviewer
- Holyoak, Sandra Stewart
- Location Created
- Metuchen, New Jersey
- Date Created
- 13 June 2008
- Abstract
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Daniel Robinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1925. After graduating from high school in 1943, he joined the Marine Corps. He did his basic training at Camp Lejeune. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II as part of a defense battalion. In 2012, Robinson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal as a member of the Montford Point Marines.
In the accompanying photograph, Robinson (second from right) is receiving the Congressional Gold Medal from Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. - Collection
- Rutgers Oral History Archives
- Repository
- Rutgers Oral History Archives (ROHA) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick
- Rights
- Permission to quote from this transcript must be obtained from the Rutgers Oral History Archives.
- Identifier
- ROHA-RobinsonDE
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