- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Thomas Samuel Parsons
- Creator:
- Glustrom, Alex
Parsons, Thomas Samuel, 1924-2012 - Date of Original:
- 2003-08-15
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940
B-24 (Bomber)
B-17 Bomber
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fighter plane)
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
Wyler, William, 1902-1981
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 44th. Bomb Squadron, 68th
University of Michigan
United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
Memphis Belle
Consolidated B-24 Liberator (heavy bomber) - Location:
- Germany, Dresden, 51.050409, 13.737262
Germany, Nuremberg, 49.453872, 11.077298
United Kingdom, England, Norwich, 52.628606, 1.29227
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Idaho, Elmore County, Mountain Home Air Force Base, 43.04963, -115.86561
United States, Massachusetts, Hampden County, Westover Air Force Base, 42.20204, -72.53766
United States, South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls, 43.54997, -96.70033
United States, Utah, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, 40.76078, -111.89105 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
hi-8 - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Tom Parsons describes his career in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He recalls the influence of family and commitment in his decision to enlist. He describes his training. He reports on conditions in the B-24 fighter plane during missions, and describes some of the missions they flew. He recalls the end of the war and his post-war education.
Tom Parsons was in the U.S Army Air Forces in Europe during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/278
- 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:
- 33:13
- 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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