Pike, Exum L.
Person
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Exum L. Pike oral history transcription, 2005
Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 350
Scope and Contents
Pike, Exum L., 1916-. Youth in North Carolina; Enlistment in the Navy in 1942; Basic training; Subchaser duty in the Caribbean where escorted convoys to Brazil; Describes his billet as petty officer; Sinking of German submarine and rescue of its captain; morale; Patrolling the English Channel; D-Day on Omaha Beach; Occupation duty in Bremerhaven, Germany, and discharge in 1945; Cook, Biltmore Hotel;Joined the Naval Reserves; Cook, Newport, R.I., Officers' Club and Newport Hospital; Comments on significance of his naval career and reunions of PG 565.
Dates:
2005