Oral History Interview with Frank C. Smith, March 12, 2014 Page: 34
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Oral History Interview with Frank C. Smith, March 12, 2014 (Sound)
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank C. Smith. Smith was born in Houston, Texas on 7 August 1921. Graduating from high school in 1939, he enrolled in Williams College. After three years he transferred to and graduated from Caltech in 1944. Smith joined the Navy in 1944 and trained in electronics at several universities and Navy bases before being trained in electronic countermeasures, including the IFF (identification friend or foe) set. Just prior to concluding training at San Clemente Island, the Japanese surrendered. Upon completion of the advanced training he was shipped to Guam and assigned to CASU F-12. He went aboard Navy aircraft carriers to service the electronic equipment on various fighter planes that were on board.
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Oral History Interview with Frank C. Smith, March 12, 2014, text, March 12, 2014; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606674/m1/35/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.