Crane, Kolleen (Interview transcript and video), 2007

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Crane, Kolleen, “Crane, Kolleen (Interview transcript and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed April 12, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28742.

Title

Crane, Kolleen (Interview transcript and video), 2007

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Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

Kolleen Crane is the widow of WW II veteran Richard Crane. In the interview she tells of being a telephone operator when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She met her husband at Midland (TX) Air Force base, where he served as a B-24 crew chief, responsible for maintaining the air craft. He was sent to school at Washtenaw College as part of the Officer Training program. After leaving Washtenaw they went to Massachusetts, then to South Carolina where they spent the rest of his enlistment.

Date

2007-05-22

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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

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Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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