The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Harold Minnish. Minnish joined the Navy in September of 1924, at the age of 15. He provides some details of boot camp at Great Lakes. He was sent to San Pedro, California and assigned to the USS Oklahoma (BB-37). They traveled to Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Samoa. Minnish describes life aboard the Oklahoma. His job was to clean the deck, serve as a messenger and maintain watch. He was discharged in September of 1928, then completed submarine school beginning January of 1930. Minnish was a radioman aboard the USS Bushnell (AS-15), the USS R-14 (SS-91), the USS Perch (SS-176) and the USS S-43 (SS-154). From 1938-1940 he served as an instructor aboard the USS Saury (SS-189). He continued working in radio aboard the USS Albemarle (AV-5), transporting German prisoners of war. Minnish made Chief Warrant Officer and worked at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He was discharged in May of 1947.