Title

Hughes, Walter

Description

Walter Hughes began working as a deckhand on tugboats in the 1930s before serving as a paratrooper during World War II. He returned from the war to a long career as a tugboat captain and dispatcher in New York Harbor.

Creator

David Sharps, Deborah Kaufman, and Johnathan Thayer (interviewers); Walter Hughes (interviewee)

Date

2014 January 10