| Title: |
Robert Michelsen
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Concordia University, St. Paul. Department of History
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| Collection: |
Prisoner of War Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Robert Michelsen was born 15 November 1925 in Minneapolis; he attended South High School, graduating in 1943. Soon thereafter he volunteered for the US Army Air Corps, and after basic training was sent to gunnery school. By mid-1944 he was training to be a crew member on a B-29 Superfortress bomber. In April 1945 his 11-man crew, with Captain Dick Mansfield, was stationed to the US Army Air Corps base at North Field, Guam (314th Bomb Wing, 29th Bomb Group), from where missions were launched against mainland Japan. The Mansfield crew flew ten missions over the next six weeks, striking urban areas as well as military targets.
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| URL: |
http://people.csp.edu/saylor/POWproject/POWinterviews/MichelsonR.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2001 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Michelson, Robert, 1925-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
15-Nov-1925
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document location: |
Apple Valley, MN
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| Document date: |
03-Nov-2001
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| Interviewer: |
Saylor, Thomas
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army Air Force, 1918-1947
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Japan; Minnesota; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Bombing, Aerial; Japan; Minnesota; North America; Oral history; Prisoners of war; U.S. Army Air Force, 1918-1947; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0034059-37401
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