Oral history interview with Hal Jackson, 1997 July 24.

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Oral history interview with Hal Jackson, 1997 July 24.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316213490

Interview with Robert H. Jackson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a Navy fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Flight training; assignment to carrier USS Bunker Hill as a member of Fighting 17 (Air Group 17); personal assessment of the performance of the F4U Corsair; stationed to airstrip on Ondongo (near Munda) , 1943; strafing missions over Bougainville, 1943-44; raids over Rabaul, 1944; aerial combat against the Japanese Zero; transfer to the carrier USS Intrepid as part of Fighter-Bomber 10, 1945; ground-support missions during the Okinawan Campaign; kamikazes; sinking of the battleship Yamato, 1945; kamikaze hits on Intrepid.

81 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...