Oral History Interview with Lyle Sanders, August 4, 2008
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lyle Sanders. Sanders joined the Navy in September 1942 and received basic training in San Diego. He was trained as an engine mechanic in Iowa and upon completion was assigned to Motor Boat Torpedo Squadron 31, aboard PT-464, as a motor machinist. He patrolled the Solomon Islands, Palau, Leyte, and Okinawa. The small crew often traveled across the open ocean under their own power, burning 500 gallons of gasoline an hour at t…
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Date:
August 4, 2008
Duration:
45 minutes 17 seconds
Creator:
Sanders, Lyle
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation