Search Digital Records
Limit your search
Item Type- Oral History (2)
- California (1)
- Guam (1)
- Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) (1)
- Japan (1)
- Marcus Island (Japan) (1)
- Northern Mariana Islands (1)
- Okinawa Island (Japan) (1)
- Philippines (1)
- Taiwan (1)
- Wake Island (1)
- In copyright (2)
- Aces (Fighter pilots) (2)
- Air pilots, Military (2)
- Fighter pilots (2)
- Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21) (2)
- United States. Navy (2)
- World War, 1939-1945 (2)
- Brewer, Charles W. (1)
- Duncan, George C. (1)
- Essex (Aircraft carrier) (1)
- Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier) (1)
- Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1943-1991) (1)
- McDonald, David L. (David Lamar), 1906-1997 (1)
- Ranger (Aircraft carrier : CVA-61) (1)
- Strane, John R. (1)
- United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron 15 (1)
- United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron 3 (1)
- United States. Navy. Fighting Squadron 6 (1)
- Vraciu, Alexander (1)
- Vraciu, Kathryn (1)
2 results
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Alexander Vraciu is interviewed about his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. In part two, he continues to describe his wartime experiences as a naval aviator and also shares stories about his personal life. Topics discussed his training and service history, his college years at DePauw University (Indiana), notable combat…
Fighter aces George C. Duncan and John R. Strane are interviewed about their military service with the United States Navy during World War II. They describe their wartime experiences as fighter pilots and their time in the Pacific Theater with Fighting Squadron 15 (VF-15). Duncan also touches briefly on memorable incidents from his postwar Navy career. Topics discussed include the service history…