Hamilton W. Howe Oral History Interview, June 21, 1978

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Hamilton W. Howe Oral History Interview, June 21, 1978

June 21, 1978

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0056/

In his interview, Howe describes events during his World War II service dealing with anti-submarine warfare off the coast of North Carolina and in convoy duty in the Atlantic Ocean. Howe details his sinking the German submarine U-85 of the 7th U-Boat Flotilla (pp.11-12) while performing North Carolina coastal patrol duties in the ROPER on April 13 and 14, 1942. He also discusses the difficulty of determining whether a submarine has been sunk (p. 14) and with discriminating submarines from the many civilian vessels when searching for submarines during the early days of World War II (p. 16). As an example of this difficulty, Howe relates the incident of an armed guard crew of a U.S. merchantman scoring a hit on the USS DICKERSON (p. 17), mistaking it for an enemy submarine.

0.005 Cubic Feet; 1 audiocassette, 1 hour, 20 pages

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Lennon, Donald R.

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