Families (Human) -- Family Members
Subject
Subject Source: Topics (Dtic)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Intrepid Then, Now, Forever: Volume 2, Number 6, October 1944
Digital Collection
Identifier: 19441001.pdf
Dates:
Other: October 1944
Joseph D. Murphy Sr. Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 001
Scope and Contents
Joseph D. Murphy served aboard Intrepid as a gunnery officer and deck officer during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. Murphy began his interview by discussing his family and the community where he was raised. He then described hearing the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, joining the Navy Reserve, and receiving his commission as an ensign from Columbia midshipmen school. Murphy then continued, describing the first time he saw Intrepid and Intrepid’s commissioning ceremony. At this time,...
Dates:
May 24, 2013