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VETERANS REMEMBER

World War II   Robert Mitchler

Robert Mitchler
Robert Mitchler enlisted in the U.S. Navy in November 1941. In 1944, he asked for combat duty and assigned to the USS Oxford, which supported lands in the Philippines and at Okinawa. In 1945, he was reassigned to the USS Scoter. In 1950, when the Korean War started, he was recalled to active duty and served for a time as a Chief Petty Officer for Admiral Allen Smith before being assigned as a stenographer at the Panmunjom armistice talks.

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> Interview (Audio)
Mitchler’s early life through his service in the Navy during WW II

Related Materials: See also Mitchler’s Korean War interview



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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