Edward Powers oral history transcription, 2006

Youth in Warwick, R.I.; Father's influence led to hisjoining the Navy; Reaction to attack at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941;Joined the Navy in 1942; Comments on rationing and patrio­ tism; Boot Camp, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I.; Assigned to USS Gatling; Shake­ down cruise; Pacific Theater and the invasion of the Marshall Islands and Guam; Friendly fire; Major island invasions, including the Palaus, the Philippines, Leyte Gulf, Formosa, Saigon, To­ kyo, Okinawa, IwoJima, and Hong Kong raids; Attack on USS Princeton and rescue of survivors; Escorted USS Birmingham to Ulithi; Typhoon, December 1944; Shipboard work, food, religious services, general quarters, mail call, and recreation; Destroyed a kamikaze plane; Return to the United States; San Francisco, Calif. and Boston, Mass.; V:J Day, Boston, Mass.; Assignment to Camp Dealey, Guam as Master of Arms; Contracted TB; Radioman, USS Bushnell; Hospitalized in California; Discharged, September 1947; Returned to Warwick, R.I.; Employment with Addressograph Multigraph; Retired in 1987; Significance of naval service. Part of Naval WWII Veterans Project.