Oral History Interview with John Dehaven, September 26, 2005 Page: 8
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Oral History Interview with John Dehaven, September 26, 2005 (Sound)
Transcript of an oral interview with John De Haven. Upon finishing college at Bowling Green University in 1940, deHaven was drafted into the Army. He applied for and was accepted into the Army Air Corps, whereupon he earned his commission in 1942. De Haven served as a flight instructor for a while and then volunteered for service in the Chinese American Composite Wing and went to India. He flew P-40 airplanes against various targets against the Japanese in China. De Haven was back in the US when the war ended and he elected to get out of the service.
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Oral History Interview with John Dehaven, September 26, 2005, text, September 26, 2005; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1604882/m1/9/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.