Van Wylen, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2004

Montagna, Douglas (Interviewer)

Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum (Muskegon, Mich.)

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.

2004-10-22

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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