Oral history interview with Roy E. Maglaughlin, 1997 August 07.

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Oral history interview with Roy E. Maglaughlin, 1997 August 07.

Interview with Roy E. Maglaughlin, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Pilotfish in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1944; assignment to the Pilotfish, 1945; his responsibilities as a torpedoman striker; patrol off Marcus Island; also his observations concerning the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, and the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946.

51 leaves ; 29 cm.

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