Tag: WWII Veteran
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Captain Charles Donald Albury
Don Albury, a former U.S. Army Air Corps Captain flew on both missions to drop the atomic bombs in August 1945. He passed away in an Orlando hospital on May 23, 2009.
Albury was born in his parents' home in Miami on October 12, 1920. He was studying ... Read
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The University Club Oral History Interview with Leon Hunter Handley
Leon Hunter Handley, I was born in Lakeland and after 30 months in the service and seven academic years at the University of Florida, I came to Orlando and I've been here ever since.
Leon Hunter Handley holding a photo taken of him getting off the ship ... Read
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Oral History Interview with Gene Hawkins
Featured photo is U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins and her husband Gene, pictured with their family and President Ronald Reagan.
Pictured from left to right: Senator Paula Hawkins, Kelley Hawkins (McCoy), Jean Hawkins, Kevin Hawkins, Gene Hawkins, President Ro ... Read
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Oral History Interview with KEW Program Director for SDI: James Buchan
In AIAA and IEEE I would tell a person that you're going to give a paper next - six months from now at this conference... And in the last strategic conference, two of my fellows gave the best paper there. They gave it together. It was phenomenal. [And whe ... Read
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WWII Veteran Charlie Hayes: a Pine Castle Oral History
Charlie Hayes, I am from Pine Castle, Florida. I was born and raised here.
What was a typical Sunday like for you growing up?
Not getting caught in mischief. If you had energy to burn you had to expel it which mostly centered around the lakes here. ... Read
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WWII Veteran Charlie Hayes: a Pine Castle Oral History
Charlie Hayes, I am from Pine Castle, Florida. I was born and raised here.
What was a typical Sunday like for you growing up?
Not getting caught in mischief. If you had energy to burn you had to expel it which mostly centered around the lakes here. ... Read
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Oral History Interview with James Buchan
In AIAA and IEEE I would tell a person that you're going to give a paper next - six months from now at this conference... And in the last strategic conference, two of my fellows gave the best paper there. They gave it together. It was phenomenal. [And whe ... Read
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WWII Veteran Michael A. Monell
ABOVE: Photo of World War II Veteran Michael A. Monell at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, November 9, 2011.
Michael Monell was drafted in 1943 and sent to St. Petersburg, FL to experience "The Jungle" in preparation for service in the South Pa ... Read
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Letter from President Harry Truman to WWII Veteran Cecil Rice
18 April 1946 letter from President Harry Truman, The White House, to Cecil N. Rice, World War II Veteran, extending the "heartfelt thanks of a grateful Nation" to "one of the Nation's finest...." Cecil N. Rice has been a resident of Orlando since 1954 an ... Read
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