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Navy Medic Recounts the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Lynn "Doc" Munger was a 23-year-old pharmacist's mate during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. When Munger was 98 years old, he told his story of serving as a Navy medic and caring for those injured from the devastating attack.

You can watch his full interview via the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.105971/

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