Van Horn, James interview

• Main Author: Central Florida, RICHES of
• Other Authors: Nazarian, Sara
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Department of History, University of Central Florida 2019
• Subjects: Fort McPherson
• Online Access: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/veteransoralhistories/653; https://stars.library.ucf.edu/context/veteransoralhistories/article/1656/type/native/viewcontent

Oral history interview of Mr. James Van Horn. Interview conducted by Sara Nazarin at the Westminister Towers in Orlando, Florida on 10/23/2019. Interview topics include, introduction; birthplace at San Francisco; Father in the Army Air Corps; Mother’s side of the Army; description of childhood; motivation for entering the service; the process of being a commissioned officer in the Signal corps; travels to Fort Monmouth and happenings during that time; being sent for Advance officer training; transferred to Fort Georgia; assistant in ROTC summer camp; entrance to flight school; training at Camp Wolters, experience at the Smithsonian Museum, training program for H-19 and H-23 helicopter; training at Fort Huachuca; water testing at Yuma, Arizona; being sent to Fort Bragg and Fort McPherson , Georgia for plane repair; sent to Fort Hood, Texas and experience in plane failures; crash incident story; orders to be stationed at Korea from Fort Knox, Kentucky; sent to Vietnam when escalation occurs; reasons for leaving the Army; conclusion.