Horon, Daniel (Interview outline and video), 2009

Daniel Horon served in the Navy during the Cold War, from 1957 to 1961. He trained in communications and photographic intelligence and was sent to an air base in Newfoundland. He performed a variety of duties, including aerial reconnaissance, and provides detailed accounts of both life on the base a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horon, Daniel
Other Authors: Smither, James (Interviewer), Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.), WKTV, WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 2009
Subjects:
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States > History
Military
Michigan > History
Veterans
Video recordings
Other veterans & civilians > Personal narratives
American
United States. Navy
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29015
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/20124f715cd4c4d0fa9dfde36e2aa9c3.mp4
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/8568a8e18db2d5416f474f382702eedc.pdf
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Summary:Daniel Horon served in the Navy during the Cold War, from 1957 to 1961. He trained in communications and photographic intelligence and was sent to an air base in Newfoundland. He performed a variety of duties, including aerial reconnaissance, and provides detailed accounts of both life on the base and of the assorted tensions brought on by the Cold War as they played out in Newfoundland. He also took large quantities of pictures while there, and many of these are included in his file.

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