DeWitt, Jake (Interview outline and video), 2010

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Jake DeWitt served during the Second World War as a Gunner's Mate on the USS Roper, a destroyer from WWI. The Roper patrolled the Virginia coast where it sunk its first German submarine, then travelled to the Straits of Gibraltar for convoy duty. She was eventually struck near Okinawa when a Japanese fighter plane crashed into the side of the ship injuring DeWitt. Dewitt was eventually discharged after recovering from his arm injury.

2010-02-16

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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