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Mr. Metzler: Mr. Doig: Mr. Metzler: Mr. Doig: Mr. Metzler: Mr. Doig:
Well, let me ask you a more general question? What was your general opinion of the officers and the leaders that...basically, you know, you guys...worked for? So... Well (throat clearing), well I...I thought that the off...uh, the Captain of the Ashland was...I thought he was very outstanding; I thought he was really a good man. Uh, I didn't think too very much of the Executive Officer who later became the Skipper of that ship. Uh, but...fact, I was just talking to a guy today that...was on it when...the Executive Officer became the...the Skipper, and...and I heard some really bad stories about...different things that happened when he...became Captain. But I remember, uh, I don't know what time that one time we were in Pearl...but... one of the times we came back to Pearl Harbor...I can't...like I say...can't recall which aft...after what...incident it was, but Nimitz came onboard, and he...naturally had never seen anything like that before, and our Captain was kind of showing him around. This was on the Ashland? On the Ashland, and... So, did you see him? Yes, I did; I...I saw Nimitz; I didn't get very close to him. He was speaking
with the Captain and they were...right after that...then we wound up with a (throat clearing)...what they call a splinter deck; it was a...a mezzanine deck that they had built over the top of our well deck, and I think Nimitz must have had something to do with that...re...recommending that....they...they put a deck
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Doig. Doig joined the Navy in December of 1942. He completed Diesel School, repairing landing craft engines. Beginning August of 1943, Doig served in the fire room aboard USS Ashland (LSD-1). While he was aboard, the Ashland participated in the assaults on Kwajalein and Eniwetok. In the late 1944, Doig was transferred to USS Kenton (APA-122). They transported troops to the Philippines and participated in the Okinawa invasion. Doig was discharged in February of 1946.
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Doig, James.Oral History Interview with James Doig, May 13, 2004,
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May 13, 2004;
Fredericksburg, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1604529/m1/28/:
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University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.