Kenneth Porter interview, 2002 February 17

File — Box: 27, Folder: 2

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2 File 665

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a transcribed interview with Kenneth Porter, conducted in 2002. Relates his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1943-1945. In the interview, Porter discusses the attack on Pearl Harbor, training in gunnery school, flying missions in Italy, and traveling back to his parents and his girlfriend in Salt Lake City. Mentions that he met Benjamin O. Davis, commander of the Tuskegee airmen. Contains three cassette tapes of the interview. Dated February 17, 2002.

Dates

2002 February 17

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

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