Marchand, Russell
Person
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Russell Marchand oral history transcription, 2010
Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 461
Scope and Contents
Marchand discusses his youth in Rochester, NH, enlistment in the Navy, Boot Camp at Newport, RI; Corps School, Norfolk, VA, service aboard attack transport USS Windsor in the Pacific Theater, 1942-1944. Comments of crew, captain, and experiences aboard ship, assigned to US Naval Hospital, Newport, RI in 1944-1945. Discharged in 1945, joined the Naval Reserves. Attended college on the GI Bill, and had a career as a science teacher.
Part of US Navy Veterans Oral History Project
Dates:
2010