Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996
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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lanson B. Ditto. Ditto grew up in Kentucky. He went to college at Washington and Lee University and then joined the Navy in 1940. After training, Ditto chose to join the Asiatic Fleet. He went to Shanghai, China where he was assigned to the USS Langley (CV-1). The ship went to the Philippines. They were at Manila when the Japanese destroyed all B-17's at the airfield on December 8, 1941. The Langley left Manila Bay that nigh…
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Date:
October 11, 1996
Creator:
Ditto, Lanson B.
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National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation