Jack Keith Woolsey, 2004

File — Box: 20, Folder: 9

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Scope and Contents

Woolsey (b. 1923) recalls his childhood in Salt Lake City, Utah. He joined Battery D, 145th Field Artillery of the National Guard when he was fifteen. His unit was called to active duty in January 1941. He was discharged to complete high school, after which he joined the Navy and was trained as an aviation machinist's mate. He also received gunnery and combat training and attended radar operator school. He was assigned to the USS Cabot, where he served as a radioman and gunner on torpedo bombers, completing ninety combat flights. Woolsey describes action in the Marshall and Mariana Islands. 57 pages.

Dates

2004

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