Press, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2017
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Charles Press was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 12, 1922. He was drafted in 1943 and received his basic training at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was then transferred to the Army Air Force and was part of a medical unit's headquarters in St. Louis where he helped with administrative duties. After three (or four) months, he took a test and qualified for Meteorology Training at Chanute Field, Illinois. That training lasted two months and he was assigned to Harding Field, Louisiana, where he was stationed for four (or five) months gathering meteorological data and sharing it with other fields in the United States. In September 1944, he was deployed to Saipan, and stayed on the island gathering meteorological information to assist forecasters in planning missions for aircraft. He left Saipan in early December 1945, and was discharged in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on December 17, 1945.
2017-01-04
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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Press, Charles, “Press, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2017,” Digital Collections, accessed December 25, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/40792.