Summary: | Oral interview with Ronald White, conducted by Dale Gilbert Jarvis, recorded at the College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville. 0:00 - brief family history, early history of the base; 5:50 working on the base, shipping supplies onto the base; 6:50 closing the base; 8:10 - wages; 8:45 - getting onto the base with a pass, getting signed in; 9:40 - servicemen marrying local women and returning to America; 10:55 - famous visitors: Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley; 11:30 - clubs and entertainment; 14:50 - plane crashes; 17:25 - rationale for closing the base; 18:30 - old buildings on the base; 24:45 - road conditions, transportation
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