| Interviewee | JACKSON, Robert H. (b. 1920) |
| Professions | Attorney |
| Military Service | U.S. Navy WWII Veteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1195 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Attorney. His experiences as a Navy fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Flight training; assignment to carrier USS Bunker Hill as a member of Fighting 17 (Air Group 17); personal assessment of the performance of the F4U Corsair; stationed to airstrip on Ondongo (near Munda) , 1943; strafing missions over Bougainville, 1943-44; raids over Rabaul, 1944; aerial combat against the Japanese Zero; transfer to the carrier USS Intrepid as part of Fighter-Bomber 10, 1945; ground-support missions during the Okinawan Campaign; kamikazes; sinking of the battleship Yamato, 1945; kamikaze hits on Intrepid. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 81 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
