Matoushek, Martin A., 1924-,

Dates:
Birth 1924

Biographical notes:

Matoushek (1924- ) enlisted in the Navy in 1942. He survived the sinking of the USS Liscome Bay by a Japanese torpedo and was reassigned to a hospital ship, the USS Bountiful. He returned to Wisconsin after the war.

From the description of Oral history interview with Martin A. Matoushek [sound recording], 2000. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 61285413

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Subjects:

  • Combat
  • Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
  • Sailors
  • Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943
  • Veterans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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Places:

  • Wisconsin--Milwaukee (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Japan--Okinawa Island (as recorded)
  • Wisconsin--Madison (as recorded)