Oral history interview with Will S. Lehner, [videorecording], 2002.

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Oral history interview with Will S. Lehner, [videorecording], 2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/700942576

Willett S. Lehner, a St. Paul, Minnesota native, discusses his service in the Naval Reserves and in the Navy aboard the USS Ward during World War II, including his experiences during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the Ward.

Videorecording : 3 videocassettes (ca. 87 min.); sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 24 p.

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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