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Oral History Interview with Victor Delano

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Victor Delano. Delano graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1941, and served as a Junior Division Officer and worked in the Fire Control Division aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48). The battleship was docked in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941. Delano also served in the Korean War and retired in 1969.
Date: unknown
Duration: 35 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Delano, Victor
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Victor Delano, March 13, 1998

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Victor Delano. Delano was appointed to the Naval Academy in June of 1937 and graduated with distinction in February of 1941 and was commissioned ensign. He was assigned to the gunnery department of the Fire Control Division aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48), where he was stationed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship was moored in the Harbor, and Delano provides vivid details of the attack and sinking of the West Virgin… more
Date: March 13, 1998
Duration: 51 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Delano, Victor
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Victor Delano

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Victor Delano. Delano graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1941, and served as a Junior Division Officer and worked in the Fire Control Division aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48). The battleship was docked in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941. Delano also served in the Korean War and retired in 1969.
Date: unknown
Creator: Delano, Victor
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Victor Delano, March 13, 1998

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Victor Delano. Delano was appointed to the Naval Academy in June of 1937 and graduated with distinction in February of 1941 and was commissioned ensign. He was assigned to the gunnery department of the Fire Control Division aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48), where he was stationed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship was moored in the Harbor, and Delano provides vivid details of the attack and sinking of the West Virgin… more
Date: March 13, 1998
Creator: Delano, Victor
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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