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Shledon, Irving

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Irving Sheldon oral history transcription, 2003

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 307
Scope and Contents

Sheldon, Irving, 1921. Yale University NROTC Unit; Attack on Pearl Harbor; Training in Norfolk, Va.; Combat InĀ­ formation Center, USS McGowan; Fighter Direction School, Pearl Harbor; Battles of the Marianas; Palau invasion; Battle of Leyte Gulf; Battle of Iwo Jima; In Japan to guard battleships and destroy mines; Return to the United States; Discharged, January 1946; SeITed in ReseITes; Naval Aide to Governor John Chafee; Ship's reunions.

Dates: 2003