Hanselman, Harold G. (Interview outline and video), 2008

Harold Hanselman served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was stationed on Attu Island in the Aleutian chain in the northern Pacific ocean. He was a radio operator in a B-25 bomber that would fly bombing missions in the Kurile Islands north of Japan. He discusses both the l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanselman, Harold G.
Other Authors: Smither, James (Interviewer)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 2008
Subjects:
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States > History
Military
Michigan > History
Veterans
United States. Army. Air Corps
World War
1939-1945 > Personal narratives
American
Video recordings
Attu Island
Pacific
Attu
Online Access:https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28962
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/75fe00fe83fed7feebeb24a3c9de6564.mp4
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c3e033bfcbed3f88e13f48969030c2f6.pdf
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Summary:Harold Hanselman served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was stationed on Attu Island in the Aleutian chain in the northern Pacific ocean. He was a radio operator in a B-25 bomber that would fly bombing missions in the Kurile Islands north of Japan. He discusses both the living conditions on Attu and the experience of flying missions in that area, where the Soviets and the weather added to the problems caused by the Japanese.

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