Name: Blanchett, Joseph Truman
Year of Birth: 1922
Current Residence: Newport, AR
County: Jackson County
War Time Duty (MOS): Motor Machinist Mate, 1st Class
Branch of Service: US Navy
Theater of Operation: Pacific
Division: USS Seal (SS-183) Submarine
Regiment: Not Applicable
Major Engagements: Midway Island. The USS Seal (SS-183) made 12 war patrols, I was aboard the last five.

Biography: Mr. Blanchett knows what pressure is. He was a submariner in the Pacific Theater of World War II. He speaks of hair raising patrols and cat-and-mouse games with the enemy, the dangers of depth charges, and cranky lavatories. He even slept next to the torpedoes.