Oral history interview with Rolland Barsness [sound recording], 2001.

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Oral history interview with Rolland Barsness [sound recording], 2001.

Rolland Barsness, an Edgerton, Wisconsin native, discusses his World War II service with the Navy as a quartermaster aboard the destroyer USS Frazier.

Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 47 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Videorecording : 1 videocassette (ca. 47 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 47 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 47 p.

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