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Oral History Interview with Les Skelton, November 14, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Les Skelton. Skelton joined the military in July 1942 after being persuaded by his Polish-American college roommate to fight Nazi Germany. Being of Jewish decent and growing up in a small town with some Nazi sympathizers, Skelton was itching to fight. His training was intense, his instructors harassing him midflight to induce combat-level stress. Hoping to become a P-38 pilot, after flight training he was instead assigned to… more
Date: November 14, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Skelton, Les
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Les Skelton, November 14, 2005

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Les Skelton. Skelton joined the military in July 1942 after being persuaded by his Polish-American college roommate to fight Nazi Germany. Being of Jewish decent and growing up in a small town with some Nazi sympathizers, Skelton was itching to fight. His training was intense, his instructors harassing him midflight to induce combat-level stress. Hoping to become a P-38 pilot, after flight training he was instead assigned to… more
Date: November 14, 2005
Creator: Skelton, Les
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Melody Maids of Beaumont

Description: Text for an article published in the November 2005 issue of Texas Highways magazine about the Melody Maids, a World War II-era choral group in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: November 14, 2005
Creator: Mallory, Randy
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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