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OH 1649

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeHIGHTOWER, Isaac (b.1920)
Military ServiceU.S. Army Air Corps WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1649
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II-era Army Air Corps pilot. Childhood in Fort Worth; education in Fort Worth schools and at Texas Christian University; decision to enroll in Army Air Corps; training at bases in San Antonio, Greenville, and Waco, Tex.; assignment to B-26 unit, and later to B-17 unit; service at bases in Italy and England; twenty-nine combat missions in skies over Germany and Central Europe; readjustment to life in the U.S.
Interviewer(s)Kristina Elizondo
Physical Description18 pp.
Terms of UseOpen