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Start Over Main contributor Smith, C. O. Date 2009 Collection Veterans of the Valley

1. C.O. Smith: Interview (29:01)

Date:
2009-03-05
Main contributors:
Smith, C. O.
Summary:
C.O. Smith, U.S. Coast Guard, Korea (Interviewed March 5, 2009) C.O. Smith, Texas A&M Class of 1950, is proud of the role that the United States Coast Guard played in World War II. On board the Coast Guard Cutter Bramble, C.O. Smith spent 4 years at sea, almost making it to Europe before mechanical problems sent them to Puerto Rico to dry dock and then through the Panama Canal and to the Pacific and Alaska, where his crew supplied Navy Seabees who were building the Loran Stations.