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Oral History Interview with William Smeltzer, August 3, 1996
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Interview with William Smeltzer, a Army WWII veteran and Navy contractor from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Smeltzer discusses quitting high school and moving to California in 1940, experiences working at Mare and Pearl Harbor Navy Yards as a civilian contractor before and after the start of the war, the raising of the sunken USS Oklahoma (BB-37), being drafted into the Army and infantry training, assignment to the 45th Infantry Division and participating in the drive into Germany, the end of the war and demobilization, and his career afterwards. In appendix are a photo of the insignia for the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard and two photos of the capsized Oklahoma.
Date:
August 3, 1996
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Smeltzer, William
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Soldiers at 1996 Reunion]
Photograph of Robert Hoeweler, Thomas Perrett, Jerry Wood, Heine, Muscles, Carpenter, Kampling, Groat, O'Bryan, Toy, Tom Wood, Charles Fitts, Rich, and McLean posing together at a 1996 reunion.
Date:
August 29, 1996
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History