Oral history interview with John Hargrove, 1998 August 12.

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Hargrove, John, 1922-. Oral history interview with John Hargrove, 1998 August 12.

Oral history interview with John Hargrove, 1998 August 12.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317869617

Interview with John Hargrove, an Army Air Forces veteran (18th Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group, 5th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a radioman aboard a B-26 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in 1940 and stateside training; assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron; antisubmarine patrols off the West Coast of the U. S. in early 1942; trans- Pacific island hopping from Hawaii to Australia, 1942; bombing and reconnaissance missions out of Townsville, Australia; aerial combat over New Guinea; attacks on Japanese shipping and ground-support missions around Buna; awarding of the Distinguished Flying Cross to his crew; return to the U. S. in 1943 after thirty-one missions; gunnery school, Fort Myers, Florida; radio instruction, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Appendix includes "The military life of John Hargrove," twenty-one pages; "Addendum to the interview of John Hargrove," two pages; and a letter of thanks to Dr. Ronald Marcello.

76, [25] leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT