Oral History Interview with Garfield Crawford, January 28, 2008 Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Oral History Interview with Garfield Crawford, January 28, 2008
Creator
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Interviewee: Crawford, GarfiledCreator Type: Personal
Contributor
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Interviewer: Misenhimer, RichardContributor Type: Personal
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Interviewer: Dial, LesleContributor Type: Personal
Publisher
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Name: National Museum of the Pacific WarPlace of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas
Date
- Creation: 2008-01-28
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Garfield Crawford. Crawford was born 13 June 1922 in Edgar, Wisconsin and graduated from high school in Green Bay. He entered the Army Air Forces in March 1943. He trained at various bases and with a variety of aircraft. Upon graduating from multi-engine, he was assigned as an aircraft commander and went to Walla Walla, Washington for crew training. Arriving at Nadzab, New Guinea he made several training flights with experienced pilots prior to going to Wakde where the crew was assigned a B-24 in the 307th Bomb Group, 421st Bomb Squadron. Crawford recalls his first combat mission to Balikpapan. Of the twenty-four bombers on the mission, fourteen where lost due to heavy flak and Japanese fighters. He also recalls a mission to Negros Island where they encountered sixty enemy aircraft that dropped phosphorus bombs and steel rods above his formation in attempts to knock them down. During this mission, his friend’s plane went down. A month later, while returning from a bombing mission over Corregidor, he saw signals on the ground from the surviving crew members. They were rescued and sent home. Crawford flew thirty-eight other mission, most of which were from Morotai. He returned to the United States August 1945
- Physical Description: 1 sound recording (2 hr., 19 min., 8 sec.)
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. Bombardment Group (H), 307th
- Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea
- Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Negros Island
- Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Indonesia
Primary Source
- Item is a Primary Source
Relation
- Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with Garfield Crawford, January 28, 2008, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1605355
Collection
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Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History CollectionCode: NMPW
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Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital ArchiveCode: NMPWA
Institution
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Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz FoundationCode: 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
- Sound
Format
- Audio
Identifier
- Accession or Local Control No: OH02150
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1609164