Oral History Interview with Don Pickard, September 17, 2020 Page: 36
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Oral History Interview with Don Pickard, September 17, 2020 (Sound)
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Don Pickard. Pickard was in high school when the war started and recalls a few anecdotes from childhood before joining the Navy in mid-1944. Once in the Navy, Pickard was assigned to the Amphibious Force. He served as a signalman aboard USS Bergen (APA-150). On his first voyage, they delivered ammunition to Ulithi. Pickard also went to Okinawa and describes typhoons. After the war ended, his ship carried parts of the First Marine Division to China. Upon returning to the US, Pickard received his discharge in mid-1946.
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Oral History Interview with Don Pickard, September 17, 2020, text, September 17, 2020; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1607322/m1/36/?q=%22%22~1: 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.