Joseph C. Spitler Oral History Interview, June 5, 1991

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Joseph C. Spitler Oral History Interview, June 5, 1991

June 5, 1991

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0125/

Spitler discusses the assistance he received from the office of Texas Congressman Martin Dies in being admitted to the Academy (pp. 2-3) and from doctors in passing the eye exam (p. 3); difficulties in his initial orientation to Academy life (p. 4), particularly in math (pp. 5-6); the midshipman cruise (pp. 4-5) to England and France on the USS TEXAS (BB 35); the value of the Academy education to him (pp. 6-7); and the hazing of older classmates during "Hundredth Night" (p. 7) and new plebes (p. 8).

0.01 Cubic Feet; 2 audiotapes, 2 hours, 45 pages

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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