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Oral History Interview with Dan Daube, January 24, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Dan Daube, January 24, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dan Daube. Daube joined the Navy in December 1942 was trained as an aviation radioman. He did so well in gunnery training that he briefly served as an instructor. He was then assigned to VPB-101 as a radioman and waist gunner. His plane was equipped with an airborne early warning and control system, and his crew flew test patrols along the Atlantic Coast until the war ended. Daube returned home and was discharged in 1946. He graduated from Penn State on the GI Bill and returned to active duty in 1949, beginning in the Army and then transferring to the Air Force. He retired in 1975 as a pilot and lieutenant colonel, having served in Korea and Vietnam.
Date: January 24, 2012
Creator: Daube, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward J. Saylor, January 24, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Edward J. Saylor, January 24, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Saylor. Saylor begins with a brief description of his life on a cattle ranch in Montana during the Depression years. He worked on the ranch until 1939 when he joined the Army Air Corps. After finishing basic training, Saylor went to aircraft mechanic school. He eventually worked as a flight engineer, going wherever his airplane went. Shortly after the war started, Saylor volunteered for a mission and began training with other B-25 crews in Florida under Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle. Saylor provides details of getting aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) in California. Saylor was flight engineer with Crew 15, second to last to take off, and his plane bombed Kobe. Crew 15 made a water landing near an island and were able to get to shore. Chinese citizens aided Saylor and his crew by hiding them in a cave while the Japanese Army searched for them. After another day, Crew 15 was taken to the Chinese mainland and met up with some other Raiders. They eventually made their way west to Chunking where they met Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai Shek. Saylor's wife learned …
Date: January 24, 2012
Creator: Saylor, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History