Oral History Interview with Charles Bast, August 2, 2007
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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Bast. Bast joined the Navy in January of 1942. He completed courses in seamanship, gunnery, navigation, and attended the Submarine Chaser Training Center in Miami. He was assigned to the USS Anoka (PC-571), of which he was a plank owner. He provides some details of this patrol craft. They were assigned to Port Townsend, Washington protecting the Bremerton Naval Base from enemy submarines. From the fall of 1942 to April of…
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Date:
August 2, 2007
Duration:
2 hours 7 minutes 12 seconds
Creator:
Bast, Charles
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