- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of James F. Jernigan
- Creator:
- Tozzer, Newell Bryant
Jernigan, James F., 1924-2014 - Date of Original:
- 2005-03-16
- Subject:
- Curtiss CW-20 (Transport plane)
Airacobra (Fighter plane)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Jernigan, Allen O, 1923-
Jernigan, Frank Bell, 1926-2007
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Emory University
United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
Georgia State University
Sears, Roebuck and Company
AT & T (Firm) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, 32.38266, -86.35502
United States, Arkansas, Mississippi County, Blytheville, 35.9273, -89.91898
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Fort McPherson, 33.70733, -84.43354
United States, Minnesota, Winona County, Winona, 44.04996, -91.63932
United States, Missouri, Newton County, Camp Crowder, 36.80403, -94.35829
United States, Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha, 41.25626, -95.94043
United States, North Carolina, Cumberland County, Manchester Township, Pope Field, 35.17088, -79.01447
United States, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, 29.42412, -98.49363
United States, Texas, Cameron County, Harlingen, Harlingen Air Force Base, 26.2169095, -97.667183
United States, Texas, Ellington Field, 29.6169893, -95.1704989172819
United States, Texas, Hays County, San Marcos, 29.88327, -97.94139 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Jim Jernigan recalls his career in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was working and going to school when he was drafted under the student deferment plan. He was a high-speed radio operator in the Signal Corps. He took the Air Force exam and became a navigator. He describes his training, including using tow targets with colored bullets. He received orders to go to Mountain Home, Idaho, but stopped in Minnesota for Christmas with one of his buddies. The roads were so bad between Minnesota and Idaho, that they had to drive south as far as Omaha. They skidded on snow and turned the car over and Jernigan was injured, resulting in surgery. They were cared for by a German family and a German doctor. While he was recuperating, the war had ended in Europe. He was sent for training to prepare for the Pacific when the atomic bomb was dropped. He discusses his post-war education and career.
Jim Jernigan was in the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/225
- 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:
- 29:41
- 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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