Oral history interview with Elroy Scheer [sound recording], 2002.

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Oral history interview with Elroy Scheer [sound recording], 2002.

Elroy "Buck" Scheer, a Grafton, Wisconsin native, discusses his World War II service as a radioman in the Navy aboard the USS Salamaua.

Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 35 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 35 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 14 p.

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Scheer served in the Navy from 1943 through 1946. He served in the Pacific theater on an escort aircraft carrier in Task Force 57 and on a fleet oil tanker. After the war, he operated a painting business, Buck Scheer and Son, with his father and settled in Grafton (Wisconsin). From the description of Oral history interview with Elroy Scheer [sound recording], 2002. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 85359887 ...

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