Ray H. Wheeler

File — Box: 5, Folder: 6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Ray Wheeler was born in 1926 in Lewiston, Utah. He joined the Merchant Marines in 1944, and served aboard the and the in the Pacific. He discusses the radiation sickness he suffered after the use of atomic weapons, as well as the treatment of Merchant Marines by the government after the end of the war. 37 pages.

Dates

2001-2010

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