Marvin Petzoldt, 2007
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Highest Rank: 2nd Class Storekeeper
- Military Service: Enlisted, Jan. 1942 - Mar. 1946
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
:30 - Enlisted into the military at 19 as a payroll clerk
3:40 - Pearl Habor
4:50 - Deployment into war
6:20 - Ship hit by a bomb
9:25 - Time spent at the University of Rochester, New York
12:11 - How the war changed him
12:40 - Bomb was 20' from him when it hit the ship
13:30 - Life after the war
14:01 - Going to war at 19 years of age and parents deceased
15:35 - Milk story
17:37 - Roughest days aboard the Savannah in the Mediterranean
Marvin Lawrence "Dick" Petzoldt Obituary
This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Scotland, SD.