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Oral History Interview with J. C. Armstrong, October 17, 1996
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Interview with J. .C. Armstong, an Army Air Forces veteran (20th Bomb Group), concerning his experiences as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam and Saipan to Japan, 1945; Japanese flak and fighter opposition.
Date:
October 17, 1996
Creator:
Snow, Jason & Armstrong, J. C.
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Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Coffey, May 20, 1996
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Interview with William Coffey, a Navy WWII veteran from Hopkins County, Texas. Coffey discusses joining the Navy in 1937, boot camp in San Diego, service aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37), transfer to submarines in the Philippines, the bombing of Cavite Navy Yard at the start of the war, assignment to the S-41 as a cook, combat around the Solomon Islands, attaining submarine qualifications, patrolling the northern Pacific, the character of the crew, transfer to the USS Sterlet (SS-392), patrols, medical leave, and service postwar.
Date:
May 20, 1998
Creator:
Maglaughlin, Barry & Coffey, William
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library