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Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Al Jowdy, September 21, 2008

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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al Jowdy. Jowdy enlisted in the Navy in July 1942 at the age of 15, with his parents’ consent. His first assignment was pulling bodies out of sunken ships in Pearl Harbor. At Guadalcanal, his ship was torpedoed. Due to the presence of enemy subs, he could not be rescued initi... United States - Texas - Bexar County - San AntonioUnited States - Texas - Harris County - HoustonUnited States - California - San Diego County - San DiegoUnited States - California - San Francisco County - San FranciscoSolomon Islands - Guadalcanal Province - Guadalcanal IslandNew Caledonia - South Province - NoumeaUnited States - Connecticut - New London County - New LondonUnited States - Alaska - Aleutians West Census Area - Attu IslandUnited States - Alaska - Aleutians West Census Area - Kiska IslandRussia - Kamchatka District - Komandorski IslandsKiribati - Gilbert Islands - Tarawa AtollJapan - Tokyo Prefecture - Iwo Jima IslandMarshall Islands - Kwajalein AtollPhilippines - Eastern Visayas Region - Leyte IslandNorthern Mariana Islands - Saipan IslandGuamJapan - Kanagawa Prefecture - Yokohama Municipality - YokohamaJapan - Okinawa Prefecture - Okinawa Shi City - OkinawaUnited States - Oregon - Multnomah County - PortlandUnited States - Texas - Galveston County - GalvestonJapan - Nagasaki Prefecture - Sasebo
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2008-09-21
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