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OH 1524

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeANDREWS, Robert O. (b. 1919)
ProfessionsBusinessman
Military ServiceU.S. Army Air Forces WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1524
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionBusinessman. His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Pre-war education and farming activities in Olney, Texas; enlistment in the Army Air Forces, c. 1941; assignment to Chanute Field, Illinois, c. 1941-42; Officer Candidate School, Miami Beach, Florida, c. 1942; assignment to Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas, c. 1942-44; overseas transport to India; assignment to Warazup, Burma, 1944-45; his reaction to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; postwar career in business
Interviewer(s)William J. Alexander
Physical Description18 pp.
Terms of UseOpen