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Phillips, Meredith (Interviewer)

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Garner, Curly

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2003-12-22

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Curly Garner enlisted in the Coast Guard shortly after graduating from high school. He trained on Government Island in California and was sent to the Aleutian Islands during WWII. Their job was to try and rescue pilots that went down near the top of Japan. The conditions on the ship were good except the weather. After the war ended he was almost sent to be part of the occupation of Japan, but was discharged instead.

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Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)

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