Oral history interview with John P. Starkey, 2003 March 05.

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Oral history interview with John P. Starkey, 2003 March 05.

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Interview with John P. Starkey, engineer and Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the battleship USS Wyoming, light cruiser USS Boise, and submarine USS Mackerel during World War II. His pre-war education and employment; enlistment in the Navy, July 8, 1942; boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois; fire control school, 1942; assignment to the training battleship Wyoming, December, 1942; transfer to the Boise, April, 1943; volunteering for assignment to the U.S. Navy Submarine Training School, New London, Connecticut, July, 1943; assignment to the Mackerel, September, 1943; war patrol in the North Atlantic, December, 1943; Naval Officers Training School, March, 1944; cancellation of his officer training, December, 1944; fire control refresher school, San Diego, California, 1945; assignment to Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, 1945, as part of a relief crew; temporary duty aboard the submarine USS Pargo, September, 1945; separation from the Navy, March, 1946; his postwar career.

107 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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