Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005
Description:
Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS F…
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Date:
September 18, 2005
Creator:
Heigel, Al
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation