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Summary:

Interview with Lonnie E. Martin, an Army Air Forces veteran (36th Service Group), concerning his experiences as an administrative officer in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His education at Georgia Military College and the University of Georgia, 1934-38; his career as a journalist, 1938-40; enlistment in the Army Air Forces as an infantry officer and training at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1940; his transfer to the 36th Service Group and assignment to Australia, January, 1942; his role in preparing bases in Australia for the 36th Bomb Group; transfer to Port Moresby, New Guinea, January, 1943; airfield construction at Port Moresby; Japanese harassment raids; transfer to the 5th Air Force Service Command Headquarters, Nadzab, New Guinea, 1944; airfield construction at Nadzab; his return to the States, October, 1944; assignment to Wright-Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio, as a personnel officer, 1944-45; his postwar career in the U.S. Air Force in personnel work. Appendix consists of awards and decorations (one leaf) and summary of assignments (one leaf).

Author/Creator:

Martin, Lonnie E., 1912-

Contributors:

Lane, Peter B., 1939-

World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Lonnie Martin, 2001 September 19 [by Martin, L.E.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1432

Subjects:

Martin, Lonnie E., 1912- — Oral history

Georgia Military College — Oral history

University of Georgia — Oral history

United States Army Air Forces — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history

United States Army Air Forces — Service Group, 36th — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, American — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — New Guinea — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Pacific Theater oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 2001 for the World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Peter B. Lane, Professor of History, University of North Texas.

Physical Description:

90 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves : facsimiles ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1432

OCLC Numbers:

420262351