- Collection:
- Rendezvous with Destiny: World War II Oral Histories
- Title:
- World War Two oral history interviews : interview with Robert Henry Brown, July 29, 1994 / produced by Athens-Clarke County Library
- Creator:
- Brown, Robert Henry
- Publisher:
- Athens, Georgia : Athens-Clarke County Library
- Date of Original:
- 1994-07-29
- Subject:
- Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
United States. Navy
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Description:
- Robert Brown trained as an electrical engineer at Harvard and MIT for Airborne Electronics. Mr. Brown, a naval veteran, served on aircraft carriers in the "ready room," searching for submarines in the Atlantic. He was in the area of Normandy, France during D-Day and then in the area of the Mediterranean and North Africa. He remained in the Navy Reserves and coordinated electrical engineer training for the Southeast region.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q0E_q1mkTs&index=28&list=PLHODIJfoHwXMkA4eAo6S365Kglr0Rctc3
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 interview (circa 26 min.) : sound, color
- Holding Institution:
- Athens-Clarke County Library
- Rights:
-
