Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Kerwin C. Nailor Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Cold War
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: VW-4 (Airborne Early Warning Squadron); Replacement Training Squadron 42; Fleet Air Wings Atlantic; Navy Reserve; Naval Investigative Service Office Reserve Unit
- Location of Service: Florida; Tennessee; Texas; Puerto Rico; Virginia
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/81127
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Title
- Kerwin C. Nailor Collection
Names
- Dunbar, Joseph C.
- Snyder, Casey
- Denise Walsh
- Lower Providence Township
- Nailor, Kerwin C.
Home State
- Pennsylvania
Headings
- - Nailor, Kerwin C.
- - Cold War -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Cold War
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: VW-4 (Airborne Early Warning Squadron); Replacement Training Squadron 42; Fleet Air Wings Atlantic; Navy Reserve; Naval Investigative Service Office Reserve Unit
- Location of Service: Florida; Tennessee; Texas; Puerto Rico; Virginia
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Dates of Service: 1958-1988
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran served as a EC-121W pilot and naval aviator. He served as a command officer of a Naval Investigative Service Office Reserve Unit. He earned the Navy's hurricane hunters' certification, a "hurriphooner" card for people who fly airplanes in winds over 100 knots and below 1,000 feet elevation.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2011-06-17)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 2011-06-17)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/81127
Cite as
- Kerwin C. Nailor Collection (AFC/2001/001/81127), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
Service Unit
- Fleet Air Wings Atlantic
- Naval Investigative Service Office Reserve Unit
- Navy Reserve
- Replacement Training Squadron 42
- Vw-4 (Airborne Early Warning Squadron)