Brenneman World War II veteran Natick Veterans Oral History Project YouTube sharing
Channel: natvets1
Date: 2012-06-11

When Richard Brenneman graduated from Natick High School in 1943, he volunteered to serve in the Navy. After basic and gunnery mate's school, he decided to go into submarine service because "I was 18 and everything was an adventure." Brenneman would serve mostly in the Pacific, where he would go on patrols on board the Scabbardfish. Brenneman recounts being attacked by depth charges, and how he was in charge of a Japanese sailor for three weeks.