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Veterans -- Douglas County (Colo.) -- Interviews

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Subject Source: Local sources

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

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Identifier: DCL2003.207
Abstract

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