DeWitt, Jake (Interview outline and video), 2010
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Title
DeWitt, Jake (Interview outline and video), 2010
Creator
Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Description
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.
Date
2010-02-16
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
DeWittJ
Format
application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
DeWitt, Jake, “DeWitt, Jake (Interview outline and video), 2010,” Digital Collections, accessed May 11, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28821.