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Donald Bosetti Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 116
Scope and Contents Donald Bosetti served aboard Growler as an engineman second class from 1959 to 1961. He began his interview by discussing his decision to join the Navy and his experiences in boot camp. Bosetti recalled his first days in the barracks as well as the ensuing arguments and fights that occurred between the recruits from the North and the recruits from the South. He also noted that, as boot camp came to an end, the recruits were given psychological tests, some of which he described in detail, and...
Dates: September 16, 2016

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John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
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Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
Recreation 1
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Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
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Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Sea Trials, November 1958 1
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United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 1
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