Oral History of Dale Hooper
Oral History
Identifier:
06.10.1
Alternate Identifier:MS 299
1965 – 1970
Interview date:February 8 2006
Interviewer:Kathy Bradford
Description
Dale Hooper enlisted in the Navy during the Vietnam War and went to Vietnam twice. The first time was on a Landing Ship Tank (LST) which took supplies and equipment to the troops. He was a damange control man and ships's carpenter, keeping the ship in good repair. He returned to the States and was subsequently sent back to Vietnam on a Landing Ship Dock (LSD). Servicemen's bodies were delivered to this ship in bsg to be identified and kept in the ship's morgue until they could be taken home.
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