Caffrey, Carroll, 1926-2020
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carroll Caffrey oral history transcription, 2009
Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 437
Scope and Contents
Caffrey discusses his service in the US Navy during WWII, including his joining the Navy in 1944, naval training in Sampson, NY, engineering training in Gulfport, MS, Advanced Diesel training in Dearborn, MI, assigned to the USS New Jersey as a Fire Control man, life aboard ship, comments on ADMS Raymond A. Spruance and William F. Halsey, typhoon of 1944, Battles of Leyte Gulf and Okinawa, return to the US and discharge in 1946, College on the GI Bill and employment with Northeast Utilities. Positive comments about the Navy.
Dates:
2009
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Carroll Caffrey oral history transcription
Digital Record
Identifier: OH0437_Caffrey
Dates:
2009
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
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