Skip to main content

Cassette 307-308

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

SL-307, SL-308 - O. Marvin Lewis, 18 October 2000, 17 January 2002

 Item — cassette: 307-308
Scope and Contents Lewis (b. 1924) grew up in Ogden, Utah, entered the army in 1943, and was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division. He describes his jump training, the voyage on a troop ship to New Guinea, being wounded in the Philippines, rejoining his unit and being shipped to Okinawa, hearing about the Hiroshima bomb, and serving in the occupation forces. Lewis also describes his post-war activities in medical school and practicing internal medicine in Ogden. He also talks about learning to fly and various...
Dates: 18 October 2000, 17 January 2002