Oral History Interview with Daniel Samuelson, May 3, 2009 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Daniel Samuelson, May 3, 2009

Creator

  • Interviewee: Samuelson, Daniel
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Franklin, Mike
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Franklin, Mike
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Samuelson, Rosalie
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2009-05-03

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Daniel Samuelson. Samuelson joined the Army Air Force in 1943 after one semester at Louisiana State University. After he turned 18 in early 1944, he was called to active duty. After basic training, Samuelson went to aerial gunnery school at Kingman, Arizona. Upon completion there, he was assigned to a B-17 crew. His crew was selected to go to Cuba on a goodwill mission. After that, his crew flew to England, where he was assigned to the 95th Bomber Group, 8th Air Force. Samuelson describes some of the air raids he took part in over targets in Frankfurt, Germany. He completed 35 missions in April and was shipped home on a Liberty ship. When the war ended in the Pacific, Samuelson was discharged.
  • Physical Description: 18 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: United States. Army Air Forces
  • Keyword: Military training
  • Keyword: Aerial gunnery
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Cuba
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Daniel Samuelson, May 3, 2009 - ark:/67531/metapth1609410

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH02571
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1605601
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