BAKER, LEROY H., JR., INTERVIEWEE, 1924-
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BAKER, LEROY H., JR., INTERVIEWEE, 1924-
Transcript of oral history interview, Charleston, S.C., 15 September 2010 Interview by Larry A. Grant, from The Citadel's Oral History Initiative Transcript 60 p.
Baker was born November 2, 1924, in Tuckahannock Township, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Citadel class of 1948. He served in WWII in the European Theater and remained in Europe after the surrender to serve on the US Strategic Bombing Survey team. When that duty concluded, he was sent to Charleston for release from active duty. There he decided to attend The Citadel as a veteran student. While at school, he remained in the Navy Reserve, and when the Korean War began, he was recalled to active duty. He was assigned to the destroyer, USS Porter (DD-800), where he served as gunnery officer. After Korea, he continued in the Navy Reserve and completed twenty years of service. Baker discusses his naval service in Europe, in destroyers, in Korea and his civilian career. After his release from active duty after Korea, Baker settled in Charleston, where he worked for the Westvaco Company until retirement in 1987. He lives in Charleston, SC, West of the Ashley.
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SEE ALSO:
- THE CITADEL IN WAR AND IN PEACE
- CAPTURING CHARACTER: INTERVIEWEES OF THE ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM
- CLASS OF 1948
- DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, THE CITADEL
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