- Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Jim Stone, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 1999 February 14
- Creator:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bush, Tom
Livingston, Mayo - Publisher:
- Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Date of Original:
- 1999-02-14
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945 North Africa
World War, 1939-1945--Italy
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Personal narratives
World War 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Romania - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Jim Stone recounts his WWII experiences as a pilot in the Army Air Corps, member of the 99th bomb group flying missions over the Balkans, bombing oil fields. His plane was shot down and he and his crew were held as prisoners of war in Romania in 1944. He was released and returned to the United States where he was assigned as an instructor in flight training until the end of the war. Funding for the SWGRL WWII Veterans Project provided by the Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust. Funding for digitization of the interviews provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- 31052005372705
https://youtu.be/E3iV9D_crSg - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhs_wvp_e3iv9d-crsg
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhs_wvp_e3iv9d-crsg
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Jim Stone
- Extent:
- 46 minutes
- Original Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Holding Institution:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
