Myers, William, “Myers, William (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed March 19, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29318.
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Myers, William (Interview outline and video), 2008
William Myers was born in Chicago in 1928. He enlisted in the Merchant Marines at the age of 16 and trained as a radio operator on Hoffman Island in New York Harbor. He sailed in the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean during the last months of the war and for several years afterward as the US was providing aid to and helping to rebuild countries affected by the war.