Oral History Interview with Robert A. Heym, August 19, 2011
Description:
Transcript of an oral interview with Robert A. Heym. When Heym finished high school in 1943 he went into the Army Air Force. He was in pilot training in Arkansas, but was caught doing dangerous aerial stunts and was washed out and sent to radio school in South Dakota. Upon completing that, he was assigned to a B-24 crew as a radio operator in Topeka, Kansas before heading overseas in April, 1944. Heym describes a few missions, being attacked by German fighters, fellow crewmembers getting killed…
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Date:
August 19, 2011
Duration:
56 minutes 26 seconds
Creator:
Heym, Robert A.
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation