Oral History Interview with Frederick Holland, February 16, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frederick Holland, February 16, 1999

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frederick Holland. Holland was drafted in April 1942 into the Army. From there, he applied for a transfer to the Army Air Forces and was accepted. He attended officer candidate school and earned a commission in early 1943. Then, he was flown to India and worked in Calcutta seeing that equipment and supplies were loaded and flown to other bases in India. Holland developed a conveyor mechanism that assisted in loading cargo onto planes while overseas. He returned to the US and was discharged in February 1946.
Date: February 16, 1999
Creator: Holland, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History