Wheeler, Murray King, 7/21/1999
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Murray King Wheeler (Navy, 1944-1946) joined the Navy when he was seventeen and was trained as a signalman at Great Lakes and then served on the USS Pasadena. He speaks about his job and the flags that he used to perform his job as signalman. He tells of the training and the drills they completed aboard his ship. He talks about the threat of Kamikazes and anchoring in Tokyo Bay after the armistice was signed. Wheeler describes the welcome that his ship received when arriving in San Francisco in the early spring of 1946. He states that he got out of the military and attended business school. In 1949, he decided to join the Army and retired with twenty-six years of service. OHP Control Number 0813
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