Harig, Harold (Interview outline and video), 2009

Harold Harig served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946. He trained as an anti-aircraft gunner and served aboard the escort carrier USS Shamrock Bay. He sailed on convoy escort duty to North Africa, and later served in the Pacific in the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns, and was later based...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harig, Harold
Other Authors: Smither, James (Interviewer), Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.), BCTV
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 2009
Subjects:
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States > History
Military
Michigan > History
Veterans
Video recordings
United States. Navy
World War
1939-1945 > Personal narratives
American
Gunner
Pacific
Shamrock Bay
Online Access:https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28965
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/47fe7fdf292e353ddcbabe52c287302b.mp4
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e307c6a112971b1d96799f7ca6d07e42.pdf
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Summary:Harold Harig served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946. He trained as an anti-aircraft gunner and served aboard the escort carrier USS Shamrock Bay. He sailed on convoy escort duty to North Africa, and later served in the Pacific in the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns, and was later based in Japan.

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