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Ellwood S. Wilson, veteran
Sioux Falls VA Medical Center

Department of Army, Authorization for Issuance of Awards  Pg 1  -   Pg 2
Ellwood S. Wilson, 2007
Branch of Service: United States Navy
Highest Rank: Naval V5 Aviation Cadet
Military Service: Enlisted, December 3rd, 1942 - April 10th, 1946
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Listen to the following interview sections by scrolling forward to the time cue.
:20 Enlisted 12/3/1942 as a Naval Aviation Cadet
1:05 Landed in Australia
2:10 1945 assigned to a submarine
2:31 War patrol on the submarine
4:50 POW put on his ship
5:00 Japanese Stories
8:43 1st and 2nd atomic bombs are dropped
10:13 War ended
11:01 Learning experience of having prisoners on board
12:11 Liberating the Phillipines
14:27 Ship docked
16:04 Home on leave and his dr. appointment
17:55 Eating sea turtle
19:05 Experiences/opportunities being in war
20:31 Ellwood and a friend walking down the street - story
21:59 In a pub in Australia
23:00 Brother served in war also.
25:53 What Ellwood would like you to know about his experience
26:45 Pray for solders in Iraq
28:01 A day he felt fear
29:46 Ground School


Ellwood S. Wilson, 2007 (Interviewed by Susan Hanson, SDPB Radio)
 

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