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Williams, Jessica

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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Odette Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 111
Scope and Contents Allen Odette served aboard Growler from August 1961 to December 1963, as a fire control technician (missile guidance systems) second class. Odette began his interview by speaking about his decision to join the Navy. He noted that he first went into the reserves in Illinois before joining the regular Navy after moving to California. He also discussed his experiences in boot camp as well as his decision to apply for the submarine service after receiving a tour of a submarine from a friend of a...
Dates: September 14, 2016

David E. Benedict Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 034
Scope and Contents David Benedict served aboard Intrepid as a boiler tender in the number two boiler room, and as a yeoman in the engineering office, from October 1958 to July 1961. Benedict began his interview by providing an overview of his service aboard Intrepid, noting the years he was aboard and discussing his first job as a boiler tender in the number two boiler room and his second job as a yeoman in the engineering office. Benedict then spoke about recreation aboard ship and visiting different...
Dates: May 23, 2014

David E. Bishop Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 118
Scope and Contents David Bishop served on Growler as a torpedoman third class from December 1959 to September 1961. He began his interview by explaining his decision to join the Navy when he was seventeen years old. Bishop then noted boot camp in San Diego and submarine schools in San Francisco, stating that submarined schools taught you the basic systems aboard a submarine and that the actual operation of these systems occurred once you were on board a boat. As Bishop continued, he described his first day on...
Dates: September 16, 2016

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

Ed Clark Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 141

Helen M. Mehl Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 138
Scope and Contents Helen M. Mehl married Lieutenant Wayne Mehl in 1961, and spent three years living in Hawaii during Wayne’s service aboard Growler. Mehl began her interview by discussing her childhood and her upbringing in a traditional Methodist family. She then stated that after graduating high school, she attended Stanford University to study art and art history. This was where she met Wayne Mehl, and she noted that by her senior year, they were engaged. Mehl then continued, stating that she moved to...
Dates: June 29, 2017

Jack Gabler Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 142
Scope and Contents Jack Gabler served aboard Growler as a sonarman third class from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by stating that he had initially planned to become a veterinarian, however he explained how a turn of events and a chance meeting with a Navy recruiter resulted in him joining the Navy. Gabler then discussed boot camp, which he described as a “real eye awakening moment.” He also recounted his introduction to the submarine service, stating that submarines sailors came to speak with the...
Dates: August 23, 2017

Kenneth Erger Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 193
Scope and Contents Kenneth Erger served aboard Intrepid as a fire controlman third class during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He began his interview by discussing his childhood in Iowa and describing life growing up on a farm. Erger then explained his decision to join the Navy and described boot camp before stating that he went aboard Intrepid while the ship was in San Francisco. He noted the ship’s shakedown after being repaired from a torpedo strike and also recounted the arrival of the air group and the...
Dates: April 11, 2019

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Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 16
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 16
Families (Human) -- Family Members 11
Recreation 11
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 10
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Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 9
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 9
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 8
Humor -- Practical Jokes 8
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 8
Strategy -- Deterrence 8
Accidents 7
Food 7
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 6
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 6
Growler -- control room and attack center 6
Hygiene 6
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 6
Liberty 6
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 6
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 5
Growler -- crew's quarters 5
Growler -- forward torpedo room 5
Growler -- sail 5
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 5
Recreation -- Games 5
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 5
Communications Technicians, CTs 4
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 4
Growler -- enlisted mess 4
Growler -- sonar room 4
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 4
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 4
Navigation 4
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 4
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 4
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 4
Recreation -- Sports 4
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 4
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 3
Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 3
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 3
Growler -- radio room 3
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 3
Sonar 3
Sonar Equipment 3
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 3
Accidents -- Aviation Accidents 2
Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 2
Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 2
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 2
Education -- Training -- Flight Training 2
Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 2
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
Growler -- toilet 2
Growler -- wardroom 2
Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 2
Hazing 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
Intrepid -- hangar deck 2
Intrepid -- second deck -- wardroom 2
Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 2
Letter Writing 2
Lieutenant, O-3 2
Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Refueling 2
Logistics -- Replacement -- Replenishment -- Replenishment At Sea 2
Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 2
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
Security -- Information Security 2
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 2
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 2
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 2
United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 2
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 2
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 2
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 2
Accidents -- Boat And Ship Accidents 1
Air Group 10 -- VBF-10 1
Air Group 10 -- VF-10 1
Aircraft -- Corsair 1
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 1
Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 1
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