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.
Veterans; Armed Forces--Procurement; Bethel, Ion M; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); United States. Marine Corps; United States. Marine Corps Procurement
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1969
Note (Biographical)
Marine Corps officer.
Note
Interviewed by Benis M. Frank on June 20, 1969.
Note (Provenance)
United States Marine Corps, History and Museums Division, Gift 1973