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  • Crump, Ralph From Deferment to Enlistment

    In the beginning of 1943, Ralph Crump's draft status required that his boss write a letter every six months to the draft board in Long Beach t

  • Crump, Ralph Introduction to a Career in Maritime Engineering

    After he graduated from high school, Ralph Crump opted against college, because he considered it a low-cost recruitment system for the government.

  • Crump, Ralph One Last Trip

    Ralph Crump arrived in Philadelphia in mid-summer 1944, and was supposed to report to the Merchant Marine Academy, but was told that unless there w

  • Crump, Ralph Response to the Attack on Pearl Harbor

    When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Ralph Crump said there was "tremendous panic" in the Los Angeles area.

  • Crump, Ralph Segment 1

    Ralph Crump [Annotators Note: For the first 22:26 of this interview the interviewer and interviewee chat about family history and have a casual co

  • Crump, Ralph Segment 10

    Crump got to Panteloria and was alongside the dock. All of the German prisoners of war did the work.

  • Crump, Ralph Segment 11

    Within hours any ship passing the destroyer escorts loaded with prisoners would receive prisoners from those destroyer escorts.

  • Crump, Ralph Segment 12

    One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties.

  • Crump, Ralph Segment 13

    Crump was lucky making the transition from military to civilian life.

  • Crump, Ralph Segment 2

    Crump was only aware that the Depression was a tragedy. Times were hard. Crump’s dad was unemployed half of the time.

  • Crump, Ralph Segment 3

    All of the Catholic school teachers were nuns. They were not married. High school teachers in Iowa were required to be single.

  • Crump, Ralph Segment 4

    Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted jobs as well.

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