George Albert Brown Collection

Biographical Information

Note:

Veteran lists Race/Ethnicity as English, Irish and Indian.

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1940-1961

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Navy

Unit of Service:

USS Oklahoma (BB 37); USS Worden (DD 352); (PCE 895); USS Piedmont (AD 17); USS Renshaw (DDE 499); USS Cogswell (DD 651); USS Fletcher (DDE 445)

Location of Service:

Great Lakes, Illinois; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Norfolk, Virginia; Kwajalein (Marshall Islands); Coral Sea; Midway; San Diego, California; Louisville, Madisonville and Owensboro, Kentucky

Highest Rank:

Senior Chief Petty Officer

Prisoner of War:

No

Collection Information

Interviewer:

Jim Neuman

Contributor:

Jim Neuman

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

USS Missouri Memorial Association   Inc.

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/39885

Subjects:

Brown, George Albert
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.

Cite as:

George Albert Brown Collection
(AFC/2001/001/39885), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress