Oral History Interview with Lois Burns, May 12, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lois Burns, May 12, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lois Burns. Burns joined the Women’s Army Corps in January of 1945. She completed training in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and provides details of her uniform and living and working conditions. She was later transferred to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where she remained through the spring of 1946. Burns worked at the National Laboratory and at a Western Union office, as a switchboard and teletype operator. She was discharged in July of 1946.
Date: May 12, 2003
Creator: Burns, Lois
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lois Burns, May 12, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lois Burns, May 12, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lois Burns. Burns joined the Women’s Army Corps in January of 1945. She completed training in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and provides details of her uniform and living and working conditions. She was later transferred to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where she remained through the spring of 1946. Burns worked at the National Laboratory and at a Western Union office, as a switchboard and teletype operator. She was discharged in July of 1946.
Date: May 12, 2003
Creator: Burns, Lois
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Sandini, July 12, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Edward Sandini, July 12, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Sandini. Sandini was born in June 1925 into a Hungarian immigrant family and grew up in Philadelphia during the Great Depression. Upon joining the Army Air Forces in 1943, he was accepted into the flight training program. Sandini was assigned to the 369th Bombardment Squadron, 30th Bomb Group, 40th Bomb Wing, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force. He tells a comprehensive tale of the experiences he encountered during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He flew twenty-four B-17 missions during World War II as well as numerous AC-47 gunship missions over Vietnam. He also tells of his involvement in the development of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program. He retired as a colonel in 1970.
Date: July 12, 2012
Creator: Sandini, Edward
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History