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Visit to Redstone Arsenal
Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission requesting information to prepare for the visit to Redstone Arsenal.
Date:
July 14, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date:
April 14, 2009
Creator:
Donaldson, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History