Oral history interview with John Cowden, 1991 November 27.

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Oral history interview with John Cowden, 1991 November 27.

Interview with John Cowden, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

65 leaves ; 29 cm.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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

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Marcello, Ronald E.

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West Virginia (Ship)

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Cowden, John, 1920-

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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...