Oral History Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, April 27, 1990
Description:
Interview with Garlen W. Eslick, a Navy WWII veteran from Milan, Missouri who served aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) when it was sunk at Pearl Harbor. Eslick discusses joining the Navy and basic training, assignment to the Oklahoma, accommodations aboard, the food, the crew, liberty, being bombed and torpedoed, the Oklahoma capsizing, being trapped inside the ship, rescue, work after the attack, and service aboard the Saratoga (CV-3).
Date:
April 27, 1990
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Eslick, Garlen W.
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program