Marvin Petzoldt
Marvin Petzoldt, 2007
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Highest Rank: 2nd Class Storekeeper
- Military Service: Enlisted, Jan. 1942 - Mar. 1946
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
:30 - Enlisted into the military at 19 as a payroll clerk
3:40 - Pearl Habor
4:50 - Deployment into war
6:20 - Ship hit by a bomb
9:25 - Time spent at the University of Rochester, New York
12:11 - How the war changed him
12:40 - Bomb was 20' from him when it hit the ship
13:30 - Life after the war
14:01 - Going to war at 19 years of age and parents deceased
15:35 - Milk story
17:37 - Roughest days aboard the Savannah in the Mediterranean
Marvin Lawrence "Dick" Petzoldt Obituary
This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Scotland, SD.
Marvin Petzoldt, 1942 (Photo taken in Boston)
Marvin Petzoldt, 1942 (Photo taken in Boston)
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