Mehl, Helen M.
Person
Biography
Helen M. Mehl was born in Lufkin, Texas, and moved to Long Beach, California, when she was three years old. She married Lieutenant Wayne Mehl in 1961, and spent three years living in Hawaii during Wayne’s service aboard the submarine USS Growler (SSG-577). While in Hawaii, she interacted with other officers’ wives, worked two jobs, attended school, and painted.
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Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 137
Scope and Contents
Wayne Mehl served aboard Growler as the engineering officer and the nuclear weapons officer from 1961 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his childhood growing up on a naval base in San Francisco during World War II and noting how his father, a lieutenant during the First World War, heavily influenced his decision to join the Navy. Mehl then discussed his education at Stanford University and explained his decision to join the NROTC program, stating that his engineering degree,...
Dates:
June 29, 2017
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