Sheffield, Richard B.
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Richard B. Sheffield oral history transcription, 2002
Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 295
Scope and Contents
Sheffield, Richard B., 1923-. Family background in Newport; NROTC, Yale University; Destroyer School, Norfolk, Va.; USS Callaghan; Invasion of Saipan, Tinian, Palaus, the Philippines, and Okinawa; Comments on life aboard ship, morale, recreation, duties, general quarters, reaction to battle, ship's captains, typhoon; Attack on the USS Princeton; Sinking of the Callaghan; Rescue and return to the United States; USS Glennon (840); Harvard Law School; Newport community activities.
Dates:
2002