Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Russell B. Witte, Jr. Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
- Unit of Service: 82nd Squadron, 12th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force; 12th Air Force; Heavy Bomb Squadron, Army Air Force Proving Ground Command
- Location of Service: Chanute Field, Illinois; Maxwell Field, Alabama; Orangeburg and Greenville, South Carolina; Greenville and Columbus, Mississippi; West Palm Beach, Florida; Libya; Cairo, Egypt; Algeria; Tunisia; Sicily; Morocco
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/67440
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About this Item
Title
- Russell B. Witte, Jr. Collection
Names
- Miskimens, Jeff
- Gardner, Theodore Harbison
- Witte Jr., Russell B.
- Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio
Home State
- Ohio
Headings
- - Witte Jr., Russell B.
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
- Unit of Service: 82nd Squadron, 12th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force; 12th Air Force; Heavy Bomb Squadron, Army Air Force Proving Ground Command
- Location of Service: Chanute Field, Illinois; Maxwell Field, Alabama; Orangeburg and Greenville, South Carolina; Greenville and Columbus, Mississippi; West Palm Beach, Florida; Libya; Cairo, Egypt; Algeria; Tunisia; Sicily; Morocco
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Dates of Service: 1941-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2007-06-21; 2009-07-29)
- Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [7 items] -- Photograph (collected 1939-1944)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/67440
Cite as
- Russell B. Witte, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/67440), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Algeria
- Cairo, Egypt
- Chanute Field, Illinois
- Greenville and Columbus, Mississippi
- Libya
- Maxwell Field, Alabama
- Morocco
- Orangeburg and Greenville, South Carolina
- Sicily
- Tunisia
- West Palm Beach, Florida
Service Unit
- 12th Air Force
- 12th Bomb Group
- 82nd Squadron
- 9th Air Force
- Army Air Force Proving Ground Command
- Heavy Bomb Squadron