<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/d8-03jp-yd62</dc:identifier><dc:title>Reminiscences of Ion M. Bethel 1969</dc:title><dc:creator>Bethel, Ion M</dc:creator><dc:format>oral histories</dc:format><dc:format>sound recordings</dc:format><dc:type>sound recording - nonmusical</dc:type><dc:subject>Veterans</dc:subject><dc:subject>Armed Forces--Procurement</dc:subject><dc:subject>Bethel, Ion M</dc:subject><dc:subject>Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)</dc:subject><dc:subject>United States. Marine Corps</dc:subject><dc:subject>United States. Marine Corps Procurement</dc:subject><dc:description>Early years and schooling in Texas, Texas A &amp; 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.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>