| Interviewee | HARGROVE, John (b. 1922) |
| Military Service | U.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 18th Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group, 5th Air Force |
| Interview ID # | OH 1263 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | His experiences as a radioman aboard a B-26 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in 1940 and stateside training; assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron; antisubmarine patrols off the West Coast of the U. S. in early 1942; trans- Pacific island hopping from Hawaii to Australia, 1942; bombing and reconnaissance missions out of Townsville, Australia; aerial combat over New Guinea; attacks on Japanese shipping and ground-support missions around Buna; awarding of the Distinguished Flying Cross to his crew; return to the U. S. in 1943 after thirty-one missions; gunnery school, Fort Myers, Florida; radio instruction, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. |
| Interviewer(s) | Peter B. Lane, Richard W. Byrd |
| Physical Description | 76 pp. plus documents (24 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
