Scope and Contents Dubbeld (b. 1926) enlisted in the Navy in July 1944 and took boot camp at San Diego before being assigned to quartermaster school in Farragut, Idaho. He was later assigned to the USS General Robert L. Howze, a troop transport working in the Pacific. He was later assigned to an LSM-257, resupplying various bases. He recounts losing the bottom portion of the ship during a storm and the subsequent white-knuckled tow for repairs. His final assignment was to the Jason. He was discharged in Norfolk,...