Novak, Chester Joe (Interview outline and video), 2007
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Title
Novak, Chester Joe (Interview outline and video), 2007
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Contributor
Collins Sr., Charles E. (Interviewer)
Collins, Carol (Interviewer)
Description
Chester Novak is a WW II and Korean War veteran who served in the United States Air Force from February 1944 to 1952 in the Aleutian Islands and Korea respectively. In this interview, Novak talks about growing up on a farm and joining the Army at 15 years old. Because he was underage, the Army sent him home. In 1944 he was drafted by the Air Force as a gunner. During the Korean War, Novak's plane was shot down and he became a prisoner of war for 17 months. After being released from prison camp, Novak left the Air Force, got married and moved to Mississippi where he was a shrimper for 22 years.
Date
2007-05-15
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
NovakC
Format
application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
Novak, Chester Joe, “Novak, Chester Joe (Interview outline and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29294.