Morell, Don, “Morell, Don (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed April 4, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29297.
Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
Don Morell was born in Ludington, MI in 1926 and joined the Navy in 1944 when he was only 17 years old. He was sent to Great Lakes Naval Base in Chicago, IL for basic training for about six weeks. Dan only received basic training and was then sent to Pearl Harbor. He was then chosen for submarine service, where he worked on submarines through the transitions of crews and locations. Dan worked in Midway and Australia during the war in the Pacific, went on several submarine patrols and was discharged in May of 1946.