Oral history interview with Robert C. Fuller, [sound recording], 2004.

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Oral history interview with Robert C. Fuller, [sound recording], 2004.

Robert "Bob" Fuller, a resident of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, discusses his service as a radio operator with the 9th Marine Corps in Okinawa (Japan) between 1961 and 1964, during the Cold War and just before the Vietnam War.

Sound recording : 1 sound cassettes (ca. 40 min.); analog, 1 7/8 ips.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassettes (ca. 40 min.); analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 18 p.Military papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

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