Pell, Ray (Interview outline), 2014

Dewitt, Riley (Interviewer)

Ray Pell was born in Fremont, Michigan on March 20, 1927. He grew up there and completed high school when he was seventeen and enlisted in the Navy prior to graduating. He received training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois and amphibious training in San Bruno, California. When the war ended due to the atomic bombs being dropped, he was assigned to a hospital ship. He went on two cruises aboard the hospital ship, the first one to Guam and the Philippines and the second just to Guam.

2014-05-21

Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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