Oral history interview with Robert Andrews [sound recording] / interviewed by Howard Fredricks. 1971.

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Oral history interview with Robert Andrews [sound recording] / interviewed by Howard Fredricks. 1971.

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Andrews discusses his familly background and life in Wisconsin. He details his experiences in the United States Navy, including enlistment, basic training, specialist sonar training in Florida, and foreign service in Iceland and Japan. He describes life in Iceland and Vietnam, where he was stationed during the war. He also discusses his marriage and his education at the University of Wisconsin--Whitewater and the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse.

2 sound tape reels (ca. 120 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 5 in.

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Murphy Library

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Murphy Library

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Andrews, Robert Charles, 1937-

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Fredricks, Howard R.

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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...