Masinick, Julis (Bud), “Masinick, Julius (Bud) (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29233.
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Masinick, Julius (Bud) (Interview outline and video), 2008
Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
Bud Masinick was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Detroit, MI during his childhood. After graduating high school, he was drafted into the Navy in 1943. He attended basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station, and attended submarine school in New London, CT. He was then assigned to the USS Icefish, and patrolled the Pacific until the end of the war. After the war, he played professional baseball, making it to the AAA level.