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Oral history interview with Gene Ohlinger, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 2006 March 24

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Gene Ohlinger recounts his WWII experiences in the United States Navy as an underwater demolitions expert on a mine sweeper cutting cables of live mines to prevent explosion in the Pacific. Active duty was in Hawaii, Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, he freed Australian prisoners held in Hiroshima and detonat... United StatesGeorgiaDecatur CountyBainbridge
Display date:
2006-03-24
Format:
moving image
Collections:
Digital Public Library of America
Contributors:
Southwest Georgia Regional Library
Publisher:
Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
Content partner:
Southwest Georgia Regional Library
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