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OH 1416

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeGENSLER, Harold (b. 1915)
ProfessionsPoliceman
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran, USS Edgecombe

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1416
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionPoliceman. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth in Ossining, New York; employment with the New York Central Railroad during the late 1930s and early 1940s; enlistment in the Navy SeaBees, 1943; basic training, Camp Perry, Virginia, 1943; temporary assignment as a clerk at the Oakland Naval Supply Center, 1943-44; assignment to the USS Edgecombe (APA-164), 1944; marital problems; operations around Leyte, Philippines, 1944-45; Operation MAGIC CARPET, 1945; postwar civilian activities.
Interviewer(s)William J. Alexander
Physical Description109 pp.
Terms of UseOpen