SL-649 - Boyd T. Williams, 5 May 2004

Item — cassette: 649

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Scope and Contents

Williams (b. 1926) recalls his childhood in Rigby, Idaho, and describes enlisting in the Navy two days after graduating from high school in May 1944. He was a radio operator on the second Block Island (the first ship of that name had been sunk by a German submarine). He served in Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Saipan, Guam, Formosa, Leyte, Manila, Ulithi, Borneo, Korea, China, and Panama.

Dates

5 May 2004

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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