Oral history interview with John A. Murphy, 1974 December 6.

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Oral history interview with John A. Murphy, 1974 December 6.

Interview with John Murphy, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the repair ship USS Vestal during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

41 leaves ; 29 cm.

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Navy) Oral History Project.

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Vestal (Repair ship : AR-4)

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Marcello, Ronald E.

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Murphy, John D., 1921-

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