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OH 1672

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeDALE, Richard (b. 1955)
Military ServiceU.S. Marine Corps Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1672
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Marine Corps pilot. Childhood in Tennessee, Florida, and Dallas area; education at Baylor University and Texas A&M; decision to enter Marines aviation program; training at Camp Pendleton, California, Quantico, Virginia; officer candidate school; assignments to naval air stations at Pensacola, Florida; Kingsville, Texas; Lemoore, California; and Fort Worth; particulars of “tailhook” aviation; assignments to USS Kitty Hawk and USS Vinson; civilian career with Northwest Airlines.
Interviewer(s)Lauren Bristow
Physical Description50 pp. plus documents (4 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen