Oral history interview with Alan Steinshnider, 2007 October 11.

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Oral history interview with Alan Steinshnider, 2007 October 11.

Interview with Alan Steinshnider, an Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, concerning his childhood in Phoenix, Ariz.; decision to enlist in the U.S. Naval Reserves; active duty career, including service on USS Yorktown, USS Bonhomme Richard, USS Oriskany, concluding with assignment to Naval Air Station Grand Prairie, Tex.; "shellback" initiation; opinions regarding benefits of military service; daughter's military service. At the end includes a photocopy of various plaques.

27, [1] leaves ; 29 cm.

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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...

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