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Oral History Interview with Pat Yates Spillman, September 13, 1999

Interview with Pat Yates Spillman, Army Air Forces veteran (326th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. Enlistment into the Aviation Cadet Program, February, 1943; basic training, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1943; Aviation Cadet Classification Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1943; pre-flight training, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, 1943; flexible gunnery school, Eagle Pass, Texas, 1943; b… more

Date: September 13, 1999

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Spillman, Pat Yates

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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Oral History Interview with John R. Leber, January 15, 1999

Interview with John R. Leber, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who flew with the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron in the China-Burma-India Theater. Leber discusses enlisting in the Air Corps, training as an aircraft mechanic and becoming a crew chief, the C-46 and the C-47, deployment to India, flying over the Himalayas, living conditions, and continued service postwar. In appendix are handwritten letters of Leber from his time overseas.

Date: January 15, 1999

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Leber, John R.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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Oral History Interview with Lloyd A. Lawrence, March 25, 1989

Interview with Lloyd A. Lawrence, a United States Navy veteran from Lincoln, Nebraska, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS Maryland.

Date: March 25, 1989

Creator: Summers, H. R., Jr. & Lawrence, Lloyd A.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program