Rippen, Alvin (Interview outline and video), 2014
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Title
Rippen, Alvin (Interview outline and video), 2014
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Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)
Description
Alvin Rippen was born in 1917 in Franklin County, Nebraska. He finished high school in 1935, went to college and graduate school and took a job in the dairy industry in Chicago. In 1942, he enlisted in the Navy and qualified for pilot training. He was assigned to the USS Lexington in 1944 and went to the Marianas, where he witnessed "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" air battle and then participated in attacks on Guam and Saipan. He then spent time as a dive bomber instructor, and then learned to fly the Hellcat fighter and served on the USS Shangri-La and on Saipan before being discharged late in 1945.
Date
2014-07-01
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
RHC-27_RippenA1655V
Format
video/x-m4v
application/pdf
Type
Text
Moving Image
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
Rippen, Alvin, “Rippen, Alvin (Interview outline and video), 2014,” Digital Collections, accessed April 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41086.