Oral history interview with Alton O. Crawley, 1999 March 09.

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Oral history interview with Alton O. Crawley, 1999 March 09.

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Interview with Alton O. Crawley, an electrical engineer and Army veteran (Office of Strategic Services), concerning his experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Prewar civilian jobs in radio/communications work; his selection and training for OSS operations, 1943; assignment to Wudu, China, 1944; coastwatching activities and radio transmissions; various miscellaneous accounts of his tour of duty in China. Appendix includes a chronological list of major events (four leaves), per diem claims (two leaves), and letters from the interviewee to his wife (four leaves).

64, [11] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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