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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Location of Service: Bonham, Texas; Randolph Field and Ellington Field, Texas; Smyrna, Tennessee; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/22840

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About this Item

Title

  • Gean Burnett Hale Collection

Names

  • Morgan, Martin K.A.
  • Hale, Gean Burnett
  • Wegner, Sam
  • National WWII Musuem

Home State

  • Texas

Headings

  • -  Hale, Gean Burnett
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.

Repository

  • National D-Day Museum

Gender

  • Male

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Location of Service: Bonham, Texas; Randolph Field and Ellington Field, Texas; Smyrna, Tennessee; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
    • Dates of Service: 1942
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran enrolled in Civil Pilot Training program at Rice University; did basic training at Bonham, Texas, flying PT-19; trained at Randolph Field, Texas, in BT-9 and AT-6; served as Instructor at Ellington Field, Texas, flying AT-10, AT-9, and AT-17 (UC-78); trained on B-24 in Smyrna, Tennessee; flew B-24 on "Hump flights" over Himalayas in China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater; flew B-24 converted to transport aviation fuel; flew C-54's; accrued 750 hours flying between India and China; reports problems encountered during flights include icing and St. Elmo's Fire.

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/22840

Cite as

  • Gean Burnett Hale Collection (AFC/2001/001/22840), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Morgan, Martin K.A, Gean Burnett Hale, Sam Wegner, and National Wwii Musuem. Gean Burnett Hale Collection. 1942.

APA citation style:

Morgan, M. K. A., Hale, G. B., Wegner, S. & National Wwii Musuem. (1942) Gean Burnett Hale Collection.

MLA citation style:

Morgan, Martin K.A, et al. Gean Burnett Hale Collection. 1942.