Edward H. Mortimer Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Edward H. Mortimer

State of Birth:

TN

Home State:

GA

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

War or Conflict:

Cold War

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1954-1977

Entrance into Service:

Commissioned

Branch of Service:

Navy

Unit of Service:

USS Gudgeon (SS 567); USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN 602); USS Nathan Hale (SSBN 623); USS John Adams (SSBN 620)

Location of Service:

Annapolis, Maryland; Pacific; Pearl Harbor, and Ford Island, Hawaii; New London, Connecticut; Charleston, South Carolina; United Kingdom; North Sea; Atlantic; Pacific; Guam (Mariana Islands)

Highest Rank:

Captain

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

Veteran served on Polaris submarines.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: VHS [1 item] --Oral history interview

Video: DVD [1 item] --Reference copy

Interviewer:

Malcolm Roseman

Contributor:

William Brown

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

AARP, Georgia

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/7797

Subjects:

Mortimer, Edward H.
Cold War--Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Edward H. Mortimer Collection
(AFC/2001/001/7797), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress