Mercurio, John (Interview outline and video), 2007

Citation

Mercurio, John P., “Mercurio, John (Interview outline and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed April 13, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29259.

Title

Mercurio, John (Interview outline and video), 2007

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

John Mercurio served in the Army Air Corps between 1943 and 1946. He was an aircraft engine technician who repaired and maintained bombers at fields on Biak and Leyte in the Pacific during the war, and provides a vivid description of the difficulties of working on Biak in particular. He also spent time in Japan during the occupation and worked on experimental jets and helicopters at Wright Air Force Base in Ohio.

Date

2007-11-15

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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