Enlistment in the Navy

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Enlistment in the Navy

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Veterans

Creator

Gerald McDonnell

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A Wartime Education

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“Why I joined the Navy? I have no idea. I had never seen the ocean before.”

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“At any rate, I joined the Navy when I was 17, went to boot camp at Sampson, New York. Very cold up there. Why I joined the Navy? I have no idea. I had never even seen the ocean before. But I went to boot camp."

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Gerald McDonnell, “Enlistment in the Navy,” Georgia Journeys, accessed September 11, 2026, https://georgiajourneys.kennesaw.edu/items/show/368.