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OH 1058

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeRUDDICK, John L. (b. 1923)
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1058
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHis experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Melvin during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Marianas invasion; Carolines invasion; Battle of Leyte Gulf; Battle of Surigao Strait; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Kurile operations and occupation of Japan.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description154 pp. plus documents (6 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen