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Oral History Interview with Horace Thomas Edwards, February 16, 2015 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Horace Thomas Edwards, February 16, 2015

Creator

  • Interviewee: Edwards, Horace Thomas
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Zambrano, Mike
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Sesling, Michael
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2015-02-16

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Horace Edwards. Edwards joined the Army Air Forces in February 1943. He received basic training at Sheppard Field, radio training at Harlingen, and aerial gunnery training in Sioux Falls. He completed his training as a B-24 radio operator gunner in Holyoke. He was transferred to Godman Field, where he served as a B-25 radio instructor to the Tuskegee Airmen. Towards the end of the war, he was stationed at Columbia Army Air Base as part of a ground control approach unit, helping pilots learn to land blind in preparation for poor weather and blackouts. Edwards returned home and was discharged in 1945. He remembers V-J Day as a time of celebration in crowded streets.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (1 hr., 1 min., 12 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
  • Keyword: Aerial gunnery
  • Keyword: Flight training
  • Keyword: B-24 bomber
  • Keyword: B-25 bomber
  • Keyword: United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (Medium), 477th
  • Keyword: Columbia Army Air Base (South Carolina)
  • Keyword: V-J Day, 1945
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
  • Keyword: United States -- Race relations
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with Horace Thomas Edwards, February 16, 2015, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1606816

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

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH04336
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1610463
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