Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
3:19 | Turner Davis discusses his duties as a Navy signalman stationed aboard a Merchant Marine cargo ship during World War II.
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Turner Davis shares the story of how his brother, having survived air combat against German pilots during World War II, met an unlikely end on his way home after deployment.
Turner Davis, a Navy signalman, talks about what life was like on a Merchant Marine ship during World War II, and the role these ships played in the war.
Turner Davis recalls witnessing a German torpedo narrowly miss his ship only to hit another nearby Merchant Marine vessel in his convoy, killing everyone aboard.
At the end of World War II, Turner Davis recalls visiting one of the sites where an atomic bomb had been dropped in Japan, and describes what he saw.
