Oral history interview with Harold L. Gensler, 2001 March 31.

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Oral history interview with Harold L. Gensler, 2001 March 31.

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Interview with Harold L. Gensler, a Navy veteran (USS Edgecombe), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth in Ossining, New York; employment with the New York Central Railroad during the late 1930s and early 1940s; enlistment in the Navy SeaBees, 1943; basic training, Camp Perry, Virginia, 1943; temporary assignment as a clerk at the Oakland Naval Supply Center, 1943-44; assignment to the USS Edgecombe (APA-164), 1944; marital problems; operations around Leyte, Philippines, 1944-45; Operation MAGIC CARPET, 1945; postwar civilian activities.

113 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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