Oral History Interview with Robert Featherstone, May 27, 2015
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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Featherstone. Featherstone quit high school in Indiana and joined the Navy after the war started. After boot camp in 1943, Featherstone volunteered for PT boat duty and was shipped overseas immediately. When he got to New Guinea, he was assigned to PT-137 in Squadron 7. Featherstone provides a glimpse of what life and service aboard a PT boat was like in the Southwest Pacific. During the Philippines invasion, Feathers…
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Date:
May 27, 2015
Duration:
1 hour 8 minutes 31 seconds
Creator:
Featherstone, Robert
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Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation