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DUNCAN, George (b. 1917)

Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Oral Histories

OH 1030

His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pilot training at Pensacola Naval Air Station, 1941; assignment to Air Group 9 on the carrier Essex; discussion of Hellcat fighter; sinking of Fubuki-class destroyer, June, 1944, off Pagan Island; Marianas Campaign, 1944; “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”; Philippines Campaign and attack on Japanese battleship Musashi; postwar naval career,