Oral History Interview with William Sloman Page: 36
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that sounds unbelievable, but if they're working together
and you've got one man back here that picks the projectile
up and starts it. He hands it to the man in the middle,
and the man in the middle don't just stand there and take
it from him. He moves as it's handed to him, and this is
using the -- and he hands it to the man here, and that man
don't hesitate either. He takes it from in front of this
man and he can seat it. See, there are steel projectiles
with a lead ring, and the lead is that seats it. Now you
have a rammer that can seat it if the man at the breach
fails to.
When you've got a good gunning crew, you don't have to
worry about seating, because he's going to seat it. But
once this number one man back here starts that, it never
stops, the motion. If you ever stop the motion, you've got
to start it again, and you don't have that momentum and you
don't have that rhythm then. Now the same thing is
happening over here with the men with the powder. They'refacing -- the powder men and the projectile men are facing
each other and the powder is coming up at the same time.
MC: What's the powder in?
WS: The powder is in a pure silk bag.
MC: A silk bag.36
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Oral History Interview with William Sloman (Sound)
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Sloman. Sloman joined the Marine Corps in October of 1939. Beginning early in 1940, he served in the 1st Defense Battalion, D Battery. In February of 1941, he deployed to Hawaii. In December, Sloman participated in the Battle of Wake Island. He was captured by the Japanese, survived transport aboard the hell ship Asama Maru and imprisonment in Zentsuji POW Camp in Japan. He was liberated in 1945, and discharged in early 1946.
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Sloman, William. Oral History Interview with William Sloman, text, Date Unknown; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606153/m1/36/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.