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- Name:
- Richard W. Holmes
- State of Birth:
- PA
- Home State:
- FL
- Gender
- Male
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1943-1946
- Entrance into Service
- Drafted
- Branch of Service
- Army Air Forces/Corps
- Unit of Service
- 5th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Location of Service
- Lawson Field, Fort Benning, Georgia; Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky
- Highest Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The veteran served as a crew chief on a C-47 aircraft, conducting pre-flight checks and aircraft maintenance.
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- Type of Resource:
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document
- Interviewer:
-
Don Moore
- Contributor:
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Don Moore
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
-
Sun Newspapers
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/78787
- Subjects:
- Holmes, Richard W.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
- Cite as:
- Richard W. Holmes Collection
(AFC/2001/001/78787), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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