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Calvin Underwood Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 117
Scope and Contents Calvin Underwood served aboard Growler as a missile technician third class from 1962 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his decision to enlist in the Navy a week after graduating high school, explaining that the only jobs available to him in his hometown involved working in the cotton mill. Underwood then stated that he was sent to boot camp in San Diego and described what it was like to leave home for the first time. He also explained that he decided to apply for sub school while...
Dates: September 16,2016

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Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
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Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
Recreation 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
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Sonar 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Strategy -- Deterrence 1
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