Oral history interview with Harold Salfen, 2000 February 14.

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Oral history interview with Harold Salfen, 2000 February 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/420291897

Interview with Harold Salfen, aviation executive and Army Air Forces veteran (9th Air Force, 19th Tactical Air Command, 312th Squadron), concerning his experiences as an antiaircraft radar operator in the European Theater during World War II. Comments about his German ancestors and growing up in O'Fallon, Missouri; sports activities; college life at the University of Missouri; decision to join the Aviation Cadet Program, 1941; primary flight training, Ballinger, Texas, 1942; washing out of flight training; courtship of his future wife; Officer Candidate School, Miami, Florida, 1942; ground radar training, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 1943; assignment to Scotland for further training, 1943-44; transfer to "Ripsaw 4," 1944; transfer to France; his description of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp; his description of the hospital and commandant's quarters at Buchenwald; end of the war in Europe and preparations for the invasion of Japan; his postwar marriage.

91 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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