Oral history interview with Odis Taylor, 1997 February 26.

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Oral history interview with Odis Taylor, 1997 February 26.

Interview with Odis Taylor, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sculpin in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sculpin, 1941; his responsibilities as a radioman; various patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and in the South China Sea, 1942-44; lifeguard duty off Japan for downed airmen, 1944-45.

93 leaves ; 29 cm.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Pacific Theater (Submarine Service) Oral History Project.

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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...

Taylor, Odis, 1922-

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Sculpin (Submarine : SS-191)

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Maglaughlin, Barry.

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