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- Name:
- Richard E. Cole
- State of Birth:
- OH
- Home State:
- TX
- Gender
- Male
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1940-1947
- Entrance into Service
- Enlisted
- Branch of Service
- Army Air Forces/Corps
- Unit of Service
- 34th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group; 11th Bomb Squadron; 1st Air Commando Group
- Location of Service
- Randolph Field, Texas; Kelly Field, Texas; Pendleton, Oregon; Jackson, Mississippi; Augusta, Georgia; March Field, California; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; California; Columbia, South Carolina; Kunming, China; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater; Pacific Theater; Love Field, Texas; Victorville Army Air Field, California
- Battles/Campaigns
- Doolittle Raid
- Highest Rank
- Captain
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The veteran served as lead plane co-pilot in the Doolittle Raid.
- War or Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1947-1966
- Entrance into Service
- Commissioned
- Branch of Service
- Air Force
- Unit of Service
- Air Force Reserve; Operations Advisor to Venezuelan Air Force; Far East Air Force
- Location of Service
- Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio; Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia; Japan; Washington, DC; Venezuela; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; George Air Force Base, California
- Highest Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Prisoner of War
- No
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- Type of Resource:
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Manuscript: Biography [1 item] -- Typewritten document
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy
- Interviewer:
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Deon Shafer
- Interviewer:
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Kyle Tucker
- Contributor:
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Richard Lugar
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/70743
- Subjects:
- Cole, Richard E.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives
- United States. Air Force.
- Cite as:
- Richard E. Cole Collection
(AFC/2001/001/70743), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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