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- Name:
- Douglas Graham Borden
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- Home State:
- NY
- Note
- Veteran was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Gender
- Male
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1942-1981
- Entrance into Service
- Enlisted
- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Unit of Service
- USS Wasp; USS Bunker Hill; USS Intrepid; USS Valley Forge
- Location of Service
- Pennsylvania; Virginia; Iowa; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Pensacola, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Illinois; Atlantic Ocean; Rochester and Niagara Falls, New York; Knoxville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Los Alamitos, California; Dallas, Texas
- Highest Rank
- Lieutenant Commander
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The veteran enlisted in the Naval Reserves as an Aviation Cadet on 8/24/42. He then served on active duty during WWII from 12/15/42 to 12/7/45. Veteran served in the reserves from 1945-1965, then retired as a Lieutenant Commander 10/1/1981.
- War or Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Prisoner of War
- No
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- Type of Resource:
- Video: MiniDV [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [3 items] -- Typewritten document
- Manuscript: Clippings [12 items] -- Typewritten document
- Manuscript: Memoirs [2 items] -- Typewritten document
- Photograph: Digital print [3 items] -- Photograph
- Interviewer:
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Dan Mook
- Contributor:
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Cheryl Minchella
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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Preferred Care
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/42922
- Subjects:
- Borden, Douglas Graham
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Navy.
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives
- United States. Navy.
- Cite as:
- Douglas Graham Borden Collection
(AFC/2001/001/42922), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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