SL-45 - Dale H. West, 23 June 2000

Item — cassette: 45

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Scope and Contents

West (b. 1918) recalls his childhood in Provo, Utah, and describes getting a degree in English from Brigham Young University. He taught school for several years and eventually received both a master's degree and doctorage in English. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations with the 7th Army Air Force. He describes intercepting and classifying enemy air-to-ground and point-to-point radio messages. He decoded and relayed information concerning weather conditions, enemy air action, and enemy administrative orders to locally-based air combat units.

Dates

23 June 2000

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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