Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
2:07 | Clifford Dunaway, a gun turret loader on the USS Atlanta, describes the impact he experienced and what went through his mind when his ship was hit by a Japanese torpedo during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
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Clifford Dunaway recalls how his preconceived notions of Navy life differed from reality when he joined the military and went to war in 1941.
During the Battle of Midway, Clifford Dunaway remembers how the USS Yorktown became the primary target for Japanese forces while his ship remained relatively unscathed.
Clifford Dunaway, a gun turret loader on the USS Atlanta, describes the naval bombardment of Guadalcanal where his ship alone was responsible for 5000 rounds of shells.
While deployed to sea outside of Guadalcanal, Clifford Dunaway talks about how a downed Japanese pilot reacted to being taken prisoner by U.S. forces.
Clifford Dunaway recalls how he became a gun turret loader on the USS Atlanta, and gives some details about naval gun turrets and the role his ship served in their naval fleet.
Clifford Dunaway, a gun turret loader on the USS Atlanta, talks in detail about how his ship was hit by enemy & friendly forces during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November of 1942, which resulted in one-third of the crew being injured or killed.
While headed into the impending Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Clifford Dunaway recalls the actions and emotions of himself and his fellow crew members.
During the sinking and evacuation of the USS Atlanta, Clifford Dunaway recalls how several sailors were nearly left for dead.
Clifford Dunaway describes the gruesome scenes of death he witnessed after re-boarding the damaged and sinking USS Atlanta after the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
Clifford Dunaway talks about his duties on a torpedo boat squadron during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day.
While on liberty in London during World War II, Clifford Dunaway describes an air raid of German V-1 flying bombs.
