Oral history interview with Roger B. Jeanfaivre recorded 2006 Mar. 29

• Main Author: Jeanfaivre, Roger B.
• Other Authors: Hurst, Eileen;
• Format: Moving Image (Video)
• Language: English
• Published: Central Connecticut State University. Center for Public Policy and Social Research 2006
• Subjects: World War; 1939-1945; United States. Navy; 1939-1945 > Personal Narrative; American; Veterans > Connecticut > Interviews; 1939-1945 > Alaska > Aleutian Islands; Attu; Battle of; Alaska; 1943; United States. Navy > Military Life; Kiska; Kiska Island; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://content.library.ccsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/VHP/id/5583

Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Roger B. Jeanfaivre enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 18. He chose the Navy because he did not want to live in a foxhole like World War I soldiers in the movies had. He went to basic training in Newport, RI, and then went to Dam Neck, VA to train as an elec...