- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Eugene (Gene) Frazier, part 1 of 2
- Creator:
- Bruckner, William Joseph
Frazier, Eugene (Gene), 1923- - Date of Original:
- 2006-05-17
- Subject:
- B-29 (Bomber)
Artillery--United States
50 Caliber gun
Mustang (Fighter plane)
Atomic bomb
Enola Gay (Bomber)
L-5 Sentinel (Airplane)
Forgiveness
Cultural relations
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Bossi, Joseph Tipton, 1924-1945
Bortman, Herb
Cummings, Bob, 1908-1990
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007
LeMay, Curtis E.
Frazier, Glenn, 1926-1945
Hill, David Lee, 1915-2007
Bradley, James, 1954-
United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai
University of Kansas
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Wing, 58th
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 21st
United States. National Guard Bureau
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomber Command, 21st
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 468th
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 509th
Boeing Aerospace Company
New England Air Museum
Commemorative Air Force
Kamikaze
United States. Air National Guard
United States. Army Air Forces. XXI Bomber Command
Stinson L-5 Sentinel - Location:
- Japan, Hachioji-shi, 35.660175, 139.283071
Philippines, Clark Field
Philippines, Mount Pinatubo, 15.1445511, 120.3509967
United States, Arizona, Maricopa County, Williams Field
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Kansas, Smith County, Athol, 39.76501, -98.91952
United States, North Dakota, Cass County, Fargo, 46.87719, -96.7898
United States, Texas, Bexar County, Randolph Air Force Base, 29.52931, -98.278
United States, Texas, Ward County, Pyote, 31.53486, -103.12627 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In part one of this two-part interview, Gene Frazier describes his experiences as an Army Air Forces pilot in the Pacific during World War II. He remembers sharing a one-bedroom apartment with two friends when the landlady called them down to hear the news about the attack on Pearl Harbor on the radio; the three enlisted together and Frazier gives a brief statement about the careers of his friends. He describes his father giving him an 1843 copper penny at the train station and he kept it throughout the war; his son still has it. After Army basic training, he was sent for college training. He recalls that his first airplane ride was in a 65-hp Piper Cub and his first "bomb" was a two-pound paper sack of flour. Later in his career, he was flying an 8,800 hp bomber dropping 2-ton bombs over Japan. He was sent to Santa Ana (Calif.) for classification and Oxnard (Calif.) for primary flight training. His first solo flight was in a bi-wing Stearman, and he describes a flight emergency he ex
Gene Frazier was an Army Air Forces pilot in the Pacific during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/165
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:02:29
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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