Oral History Interview with Edgar Hessek, December 22, 2017
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar Hessek. Hessek joined the Navy in October of 1942. In February of 1943 he was assigned to the American Builder, a commercial ship, as a radio operator. They traveled to South Africa and England delivering war materials. In 1944 he was transferred to the USS Swenning (DE-394). From late 1944 into 1945 they traveled to Casablanca, the Pacific, Guam, Wake Island and Okinawa. He describes a torpedo attack by a submarine on thei…
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Date:
December 22, 2017
Creator:
Hessek, Edgar
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation