Oral history interview with George W. B. Whiting, 1996 October 03.

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Oral history interview with George W. B. Whiting, 1996 October 03.

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Interview with George W. B. Whiting, a Navy veteran (USS Jamestown), concerning his experiences aboard the motor torpedo boat tender USS Jamestown in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Navy, 1938; boot camp, Newport, Rhode Island, 1938; electrician's school and assignment to the battleship USS Texas, 1939; transfer to the destroyer USS Simpson, 1940; assignment to the Ship Repair Unit, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1940-41; transfer to the Jamestown, 1941; Motor Torpedo Boat Training Station, Melville, Rhode Island, 1942; assignment to the Solomon Islands, September, 1942; convoying supply ships to the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, 1942-43; various vignettes about shipboard life in a war zone; return to the States for overhaul and repairs, February, 1944; return to the Southwest Pacific; reassignment to the States, 1945; mustering out of the service.

31 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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