Oral History Interview with Dwight Dehaven, June 13, 2000
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight Dehaven. Dehaven joined the Navy in 1939 and served aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) in the boiler room. Dehaven recalls being shaken by a bomb and by explosions from the USS Lexington (CV-2) nearby in the Battle of the Coral Sea. In the Battle of Midway, bombs and a torpedo caused fire and flooding. Dehaven witnessed the gruesome death of a sailor jumping ship and saw a pilot trapped underneath an overturned plane. Aft…
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Date:
June 13, 2000
Duration:
2 hours 5 minutes 07 seconds
Creator:
Dehaven, Dwight
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Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation