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Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004

Description: Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cro… more
Date: January 15, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Hopkins, Lewis R.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003

Description: Interview with Boyd K. Miller, a draftsman and pilot during World War II. He discusses being drafted out of college and working as an artist and draftsman. Since he studied art in college, he worked on diagrams and charts. He then transferred to the Air Corps to become a pilot and trained in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date: January 21, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Miller, Boyd K.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Female WWII Pilot Relives Service at Stewart]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about former WASP member Helen Wyatt Snapp's experience serving in WWII, especially while she was stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The article includes a photograph of Snapp in her old age, in a helicopter. The clipping includes other articles about local and world news, as well as advertisements.
Date: March 8, 2001
Creator: Dezern, Melinda
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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