Frank G. Edwards Oral History Interview, February 5, 1988

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Frank G. Edwards Oral History Interview, February 5, 1988

February 5, 1988

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0099/

Captain Edwards, USNA Class of 1941, comments on his childhood in an Army family, experiences at the Naval Academy, assignment to the USS MAHAN, and absence of the MAHAN from Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack. Other details concern the shipboard experiences of officers and crew of the USS FOOTE, flight training, postwar aviation experiences with prop and jet airplanes, aviational innovations, and the testing of new airplanes.

0.005 Cubic Feet; 1 audiotape, 1.5 hours, 25 pages

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11665403

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Lennon, Donald R.

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>Don Lennon was a longtime director of the East Carolina Manuscript Collection and Coordinator of Special Collections. Born in Brunswick County, North Carolina on October 6, 1938, he attended junior college in Wilmington, NC before completing his studies at East Carolina College. He taught school and worked in the North Carolina state archives before returning to East Carolina to assist with the creation of a historical manuscript collection. He passed away in Greenville, NC on April 26, 2018.Do...

Edwards, Frank G.

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