Oral history interview with Dr. Foster B. Hamblin, 2002 September 27.

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Oral history interview with Dr. Foster B. Hamblin, 2002 September 27.

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Interview with Dr. Foster B. Hamblin, agricultural specialist and Marine Corps veteran (Bombing Squadron VMB-433), concerning his experiences as a radar technician in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His prewar education; decision to enlist in the Marine Corps, 1942; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, 1942; radar school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 1942-43; primary radar training at Grove City, Pennsylvania, 1943; secondary radar training at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1943; assignment to VMB-433, Peterfield Point, North Carolina, 1943; radar operation aboard the PBJ (B-25) medium bomber; training at Naval Air Station, El Centro, California, 1944; voyage across the Pacific to Espritu Santo, May, 1944; assignment to Emirau, August, 1944; living conditions on Emirau; his role in the maintenance of radar equipment; off-duty activities; end of the war and his return to college; his postwar career with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

71 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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