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Oral History Interview with J. R. Closs, September 12, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J.R. Closs. Closs was born in Edge, Texas 9 March 1926. In 1944 he was drafted and entered the US Marine Corps boot camp at San Diego. After boot training he was selected to attend Marine Corps Sea School at San Diego. Upon completion of Sea School, he was assigned to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as an orderly to the executive officer for a period of time and then he was assigned to a 20 millimeter gun. He tells of the Yorktown … more
Date: September 12, 2007
Duration: 54 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Closs, J. R.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with J. R. Closs, September 12, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J.R. Closs. Closs was born in Edge, Texas 9 March 1926. In 1944 he was drafted and entered the US Marine Corps boot camp at San Diego. After boot training he was selected to attend Marine Corps Sea School at San Diego. Upon completion of Sea School, he was assigned to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as an orderly to the executive officer for a period of time and then he was assigned to a 20 millimeter gun. He tells of the Yorktown … more
Date: September 12, 2007
Creator: Closs, J. R.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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