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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with David Vartanian, August 31, 2012

Creator

  • Interviewee: Vartanian, David
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Metzler, Ed
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2012-08-31

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Vartanian. Vartanian was born 21 August 1924. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces in December 1942. He served as a B-24 bombardier/navigator, and shares details of his training. He traveled to Marseilles, France in early 1945. He speaks of witnessing animosity between American black troops and American white officers in Marseilles. He traveled to a replacement depot in Naples, Italy, then onto Bari. Vartanian flew all his missions over Austria with the 456th Bomb Group. He was then reassigned briefly to the 376th Bomb Group in Italy, supporting Allied troops in Northern Italy. He then was sent aboard USS West Point (AP-23) and returned to the US around April of 1945. Vartanian served an additional 20 years in the Air Force Reserves.
  • Physical Description: 58 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: Aerial gunnery
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- France
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Austria
  • Keyword: United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 456th
  • Keyword: United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 376th
  • Keyword: USS West Point (AP-23)

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with David Vartanian, August 31, 2012 - ark:/67531/metapth1610065

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH03639
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1606299
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