The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William R. Smith. Smith was born in April of 1921 and served in the Junior Naval Reserve as a teenager, joining the Naval Reserves around 1937 with a forged birth certificate. He received basic training by volunteering aboard USS Texas (BB-35) and USS Brooklyn (CL-40). By 1939, Smith was serving as a Chief Fire Control Technician aboard USS Clark (DD-361). They were docked in San Francisco on 7 December 1941 and took up antisubmarine patrol off Samoa by February of 1942. Smith reenlisted in April. The Clark escorted a tanker to Midway, a convoy to New Zealand and assisted with landings on Guadalcanal by November of 1942. In November of 1943, Smith transferred to USS Newcomb (...
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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Smith. Smith was raised on...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Warnes. Warnes joined the ...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Smith. Smith joined the ...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William W. Smith. Smith was b...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Smith. Smith joined t...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Loy Smith. Smith joined the N...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank C. Smith. Smith was bor...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and interview Bill Smith. Smith went into the Army i...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Smith. Smith was drafte...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Smith. Smith joined the Ar...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Earl Smith. Smith was bo...
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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ralph Nelson Smith. Smith joi...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Otto K. Smith. Smith joined t...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with C Everette Smith. Smith joined the...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Smith. Smith was raised on...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Warnes. Warnes joined the ...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Smith. Smith joined the ...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William W. Smith. Smith was b...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Smith. Smith joined t...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Loy Smith. Smith joined the N...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank C. Smith. Smith was bor...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents and interview Bill Smith. Smith went into the Army i...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Smith. Smith was drafte...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Smith. Smith joined the Ar...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Earl Smith. Smith was bo...
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an interview with William Williams. Williams joined ...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ralph Nelson Smith. Smith joi...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Otto K. Smith. Smith joined t...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with C Everette Smith. Smith joined the...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Richard Smith. Smith was raised on...
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Warnes. Warnes joined the ...