Interview with Jack Hood, Part II

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Interviewer

National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument

First Interviewee

Jack Hood

Description of Interview

In Part II, Interview conducted “on location” at Fort Pulaksi.

Jack Hood interview topics include Navy’s occupation of Cockspur Island, Jackson – park historian, Bar Pilots, Coast Guard, Army Air Corp, buildings, building removal, NPS boat, CCC, Williams – Williams’ Seafood (restaurant), Savannah transportation – buses, cattle cars, NPS property during WWII, early planning, cannon ball explosion, Ralston B. Lattimore, superintendents, wildlife, visitor center – Mission 66, exhibits, facilities projects, fort restoration, south channel bridge, docks, boats, cannons, railroad, island condition – vegetation, ditches and dikes – work, clearing exotic plants, lighthouse-keeper’s house, whitewash. Not mainly about CCC but included because Hood's long career at Fort Pulaski, related and of interest/importance.

Location of Interview

Fort Pulaski, GA

Digital Publication Date

1-1-2018

Date of Interview

1-1-1986

Length of Video

59 mins

Length of Video Log

no log

Publisher/ Owner of Original/ Digitized By

National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument

Publisher Representative

Laura Waller, Cultural Resources Specialist Fort Pulaski National Monument U.S. Highway 80 East, PO Box 30757 Savannah, GA 31410 912-786-8182, ext. 1103

Fort Pulaski Records Box and File Number

Ft Pulaski Records Series X Box 63 VHS 5

Disciplines

Historic Preservation and Conservation | History | Social Welfare

Keywords

facilities projects, Cockspur Island, Bar Pilots, Williams' Seafood (restaurant), Ralston B. Lattimore, fort restoration, exhibits, lighthouse keeper's house, exotic plants

Recommended Citation

National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument, "Interview with Jack Hood, Part II" (1986). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Oral History Interviews. 16.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccc-pulaski-oral-histories/16

Language

English

Copyright

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Document Type

Video

Source

National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument