Interview with Clayton E. Stoess, May 28, 2002
Project: Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project
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Clayton E. Stoess, a native of Crestwood, Kentucky, served in the United States Navy aboard a minesweeper during World War II. Stoess went to training in New York City at Columbia University. While overseas, Stoess participated in D-Day and was sent to the Pacific theater after V-J Day to clear mines in the bays of Japan. Stoess was discharged from the military and returned home in 1947.Interview Accession
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Stoess, Clayton E. Interview by Earl Orr. 28 May. 2002. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Stoess, C.E. (2002, May 28). Interview by E.. Orr. Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Stoess, Clayton E., interview by Earl Orr. May 28, 2002, Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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