Oral History Interview with Wallace Ashwood, October 18, 2008
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wallace Ashwood. Ashwood joined the Navy in 1943 and boarded the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) as a seaman. In the Bering Sea, Ashwood stood watch in freezing winds. But later, at Makin Island, it was so hot that sailors around him collapsed from heat exhaustion. Ashwood often worked as an ammunition handler but happened to be working in the food storage locker on the day that a 200-pound can of gunpowder exploded, killing severa…
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Date:
October 18, 2008
Duration:
50 minutes 47 seconds
Creator:
Ashwood, Wallace
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Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation