Hill, Lawrence W.

Title: Hill, Lawrence W.
Performer: Lawrence W. Hill
Interviewer: Roland Schaedig
Description: Mr. Hill attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. Being trained as a naval scuba diver and in explosives, Mr. Hill was assigned to a naval base with nuclear facilities in Newfoundland, Canada. Considered an active duty assignment, Mr. Hill would go on to serve in Iceland, and later as an evaluator of officer candidates in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hill is quoted in the interview as being a big fan of the Navy football team. He would serve in his evaluation of officer candidates until 1968.
Date Span: Dates of Service
Subject: Commissioned; United States Navy; Naval Air Station - Newfoundland & Iceland; Cold War; United States; Iceland; Canada; Lieutenant
Publisher: Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress; Center for Oral History Research at Eastern Michigan University; Center for Oral History Research at Eastern Michigan University
Collection Location: 2/23; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRLO6ca9isU&list=PL05gqqIuA4HK1S_labZh5qO9iutjJf_gO&index=38