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- South Dakota class, US BB (battleship), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Modern British cruisers chart, February 25, 1945.
- Date Created:
- 1945-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F-101A US fighter, September 1, 1954.
- Date Created:
- 1954-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Buck (Pe-2, 3) USSR bomber, March 1, 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- AF-2W and 2S Guardian USN attack aircraft, January 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- R6D Liftmaster, US transport, April 1, 1953.
- Date Created:
- 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Fred Burgess is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy from June 23, 1944 to May 16, 1946. During the course of the interview he discusses in great detail his pre-enlistment, enlistment/basic training experience, and active duty in the South Pacific fighting against the Japanese. He describes in vivid detail the fighting on New Caledonia, Ulithe, Okinawa, in the Philippines, Saipan, and the suicide bomber attacks on the USS Franklin. He further goes into some detail about what the occupation of Japan was like. Burgess concludes by discussing what he got out of his military service.
- Date Created:
- 2005-03-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- FD-1 Phantom US Navy fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- A Class British SS submarine, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Tigre French DD (destroyer), September 1, 1948.
- Date Created:
- 1948-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries