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OH 1272

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeABBOT, J. Lloyd (b. 1918)
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1272
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionMiscellaneous comments about his service in the Pacific Theater during World War II. U. S. Naval Academy, 1935-39; assignment to USS Enterprise, 1939; assignment to USS Glimer, 1939-41; flight training at Pensacola, 1941; assignment to Advanced Carrier Training Group (Pacific), 1941-42; assignment to VF-6 (Fighting 6) aboard the USS Enterprise, 1942; assignment to VS-1D-14 in the South Pacific, 1942-43; commanding officer of VS-66, Wallis Island, 1943; antisubmarine patrols out of Wallis Island; assignment to Nanumea, 1943; assignment to Tarawa, 1943-44, with an SBD squadron; assignment to the Chief of Naval Air Training, Pensacola, 1944-46, as engineering officer; postwar naval and civilian career.
Interviewer(s)William J. Alexander
Physical Description67 pp.
Terms of UseOpen