Barsness, Rolland 1918-,

Dates:
Birth 1918

Biographical notes:

Barsness (b.1918) served aboard a ship in a destroyer squadron in the Pacific theater of World War II.

After the war he returned to Wisconsin, entered a career with Madison Newspapers, and became active in a USS Frazier veterans group, including fifteen years as the group's chaplain.

From the description of Oral history interview with Rolland Barsness [sound recording], 2001. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 63659924

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Subjects:

  • Destroyers (Warships)
  • Frazier (Destroyer : DD-607)
  • Memorial service
  • Prisoners of war
  • Quartermasters
  • Sailors
  • Veterans
  • Veterans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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Places:

  • Wisconsin--Madison (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Wisconsin--Edgerton (as recorded)
  • Japan--Okinawa Island (as recorded)
  • Philippines--Corregidor Island (as recorded)