Oral history interview with Thomas D. Riggleman, 1995 June 8.

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Oral history interview with Thomas D. Riggleman, 1995 June 8.

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Interview with Thomas Riggleman, am engineer and Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the destroyer USS McGowan during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Riggleman discusses everyday life aboard ship, Iowa Jima, Okinawa and kamikazes, and the operations off northern Japan in 1945. Appendix includes a photocopy of Thomas Riggleman's pre-interview information for the University of North Texas [1 leaf].

85, [2] leaves : ill., facsim. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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SNAC Resource ID: 7113594

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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