Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Elmer R. Roth Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
- Unit of Service: 484th Bomb Squadron, 505th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force
- Location of Service:
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/72645
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About this Item
Title
- Elmer R. Roth Collection
Names
- Arthur Cahall
- Roth, Elmer R.
- Samp, Nancy
- Kessler, Karen
- Nancy Samp
- 505th Bomb Group
Home State
- South Dakota
Headings
- - Roth, Elmer R.
- - 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: 484th Bomb Squadron, 505th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force
- Location of Service:
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1942-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran served as a radio operator on B-29 aircraft.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2010-05-31)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945)
- Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 2010)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/72645
Cite as
- Elmer R. Roth Collection (AFC/2001/001/72645), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
- Alamogordo, New Mexico
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Kwajalein Island (Marshall Islands)
- Lowry Field, Colorado
- Muroc Army Air Field and Mather Field, California
- Pacific Theater
- Sheppard Field, Texas
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands)