Oral history interview with William W. Fomby, 1982 May 15.

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Oral history interview with William W. Fomby, 1982 May 15.

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Interview with William ("Bill") Fomby, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

37 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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SNAC Resource ID: 6938165

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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Oklahoma (Battleship : BB-37)

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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in 1916, Oklahoma served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six, protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic. After the war, she served in both the United States Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet. Oklahoma was modernized between 1927 and 1929. In 1936, she res...

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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Fomby, William W., 1919-

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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...