Oral history interview with Melvin Jacob, [videorecording], 2002.

Indianapolis (Cruiser)

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The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was commissioned in 1932 and saw extensive combat duty in the South Pacific theater during World War II. After completing a secret mission delivering parts for the atom bomb in July 1945, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine. It was four days before all survivors were rescued, and only 316 of a crew of 1,196 survived. Captain Charles Butler McVay III was court martialed, but was granted clemency in February 1946. From the descript...

Jacob, Melvin C., 1926-

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Jacob (b.1926) was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, grew up in Detroit, and served with the Marine Corps during World War II. Aboard the USS Indianapolis when it was sunk by a torpedo, he waited for rescue for five days. After the war he settled in Madison (Wisconsin), worked at Oscar Mayer for thirty-two years, and became chief flight instructor at Four Lakes Aviation (later bought by Wisconsin Aviation). From the description of Oral history interview with Melv...

McVay, Charles B. (Charles Butler), 1868-1949

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Naval officer. From the description of Charles B. McVay papers, 1896-1950 (bulk 1927-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79729152 Biographical Note 1868, Sept. 19 Born, Edgeworth, Pa. 1890 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1898 ...

Wisconsin Veterans Museum

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Wisconsin Public Television

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United States. Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...

Derks, Mik.

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