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Raymond V. Welch oral history interview, January 23, 1998

Date: Jan. 23 1998 | Identifier: OH0165
Commander Raymond V. Welch, USNA Class of 1941, Oral History Interview. Commander Welch discusses his service during World War II on the USS Bernadou DD-153 in the Atlantic and on submarines USS Nautilus SS-168, USS Stingray SS-186, and USS Seahorse SS-304 in the Pacific. He also discusses service at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory as the underwater weapons specialist and his retirement in 1961. Interviewer: Fred D. Ragan. more...
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Commander Raymond V. Welch, USNA Class of 1941, Oral History Interview. Commander Welch discusses his service during World War II on the USS Bernadou DD-153 in the Atlantic and on submarines USS Nautilus SS-168, USS Stingray SS-186, and USS Seahorse SS-304 in the Pacific. He also discusses service at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory as the underwater weapons specialist and his retirement in 1961. Interviewer: Fred D. Ragan.
Creator(s)
Welch, Raymond V.
Contributor(s)
Ragan, Fred D.
Date
January 23, 1998
Call Number
OH0165
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Collection(s)
Special Collections Oral History Collection
Military History
- World War II
- Navy

Subject(s)
United States. Navy--Officers
World War, 1939-1945--Campaign--Atlantic Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
United States. Navy--Submarine forces
Nautilus (Submarine : SS-168)
Seahorse (Submarine)
Welch family
Welch, Raymond V.

Finding Aid
Welch, Raymond V., Oral History Interview

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Location (spatial)
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
United States--Maryland
Type
text
Medium
oral histories
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 Thu Jun 7 2018 04:28 AM  by Mark Welch

It's amazing to be able to share the history of my family's service to the country. Granddad was a good man who stood up for his family even the adopted blacksheep who didn't feel like he was ever worth it.
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 Thu Mar 1 2012 08:57 AM  by Justine Welch Schaeffer

I want to thank you for gathering and preserving this information from my father, Raymond V. Welch. He shared details with you about his war experiences and early life that he never shared with us, or he may have shared them and we forgot them. Our dad died in 2009, making the reminiscences even more precious.
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 Wed Dec 14 2011 10:23 PM  by Robert A. Barrows

I'm glad that you got Ray to elaborate on his experiences. This is much more than he ever revealed during the years when we worked together at Westinghouse Ordnance/Underseas Dept. in Baltimore. As a civilian, Ray was diligent, thorough, and effective.
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