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- Name:
- Wesley S. Bessell
- State of Birth:
- NY
- Home State:
- NC
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1941-1946
- Entrance into Service
- Enlisted
- Branch of Service
- Merchant Marine
- Unit of Service
- SS West Hardaway; SS J.W. McAndrews; SS Cristobal; SS Atlanta City; SS Zane Grey; SS Gutzon Borglum; SS Edward Rutledge
- Location of Service
- Caribbean; Mediterranean; Atlantic; Pacific; New London, Connecticut
- Highest Rank
- Lieutenant Commander
- Prisoner of War
- No
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- Type of Resource:
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document
- Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph
- Interviewer:
-
Matthew Bessell
- Contributor:
-
Matthew Bessell
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/77342
- Subjects:
- Bessell, Wesley S.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Merchant Marine.
- Cite as:
- Wesley S. Bessell Collection
(AFC/2001/001/77342), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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