Van Wylen, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2004
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Title
Van Wylen, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2004
Creator
Contributor
Montagna, Douglas (Interviewer)
Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
Gordon Van Wylen left his job as an engineer for Dupont in 1943 and joined the US Navy. He entered an officer training program, but then transferred into submarine school. He served on the submarine USS Hardhead in 1944-45 and went on six patrols in the Pacific. His boat sank several Japanese warships, including an aircraft carrier, and after the war he contacted and befriended some of the Japanese sailors who survived the sinking of this ship.
Date
2004-10-22
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
VanWylenG
Format
application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
Van Wylen, Gordon, “Van Wylen, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2004,” Digital Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29922.