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Oral history interview with H. Douglas Barker, 2003 April 3

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Identifier: DCL2003.207
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Barker highlights his appointment to and his experiences at the Annapolis Naval Academy. He recalls his first official Navy appointment as staff in the Naval Submarine School, and subsequent duties such as his involvement in submarine operations in the Mediterranean following the Cuban Missile Crisis and as officer-in-charge of the Holy Loch [Scotland] submarine base. Barker presents a survey of life on a submarine and what it was like to be a submariner.

Dates: 2003 April 3

Oral history interview with Henry F. Bohne, 2003 January 23

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Identifier: DCL2003.201
Abstract Interview with Henry Bohne, 2003 January 23, at the Veterans Service Office, Douglas County Building, Castle Rock, Colorado, as part of the Veterans History Project, Douglas County History Research Center. Bohne recalls his memories of enlisting in the Navy in 1950 and his years of service, originally aboard the U.S.S. Goss, based in San Diego, and later aboard the U.S.S. Cassin Young. The Cassin Young was transferred to the Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet in 1952, and made its home port in...
Dates: 2003 January 23

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