Oral History Interview with Sam Laser, September 14, 2007
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sam Laser. Laser was born in Clarksville, Arkansas on 22 December 1919. He enlisted in the Navy in September 1941, and was assigned to the USS Yorktown (CV-5) at Norfolk, Virginia, as a yeoman in the gunnery division. The ship departed Pearl Harbor as part of Task Force 17 and Laser recalls participating in the Battle of the Coral Sea during which the ship was damaged by a Japanese bomb. After being repaired in Pearl Harbor …
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Date:
September 14, 2007
Duration:
1 hour 19 minutes 31 seconds
Creator:
Laser, Sam
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation