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Norman Ross enlisted in the Army (Air Force) in 1946 and served until 1949 in the 3500th Installation Squadron. He was a heavy equipment mechanic. He did his basic training at Lubbock Air Base, Texas, and additional training at Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington. He was stationed in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Shreveport,Louisiana. In addition to his mechanic work, he was involved in traveling with the bodies of dead soldiers to their homes for military funerals. He was born in Sabetha, Kansas, on September 28, 1928. He only had one year of high school and he was a farmer before and after the war. He used the GI Bill for farm training at Netawaka, Kansas. He and his wife also live in Alaska for 14 years but they returned to Kansas for retirement. He was interviewed by Suzette McCord-Rogers on Apr 27, 2007. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the community institutions receiving grants. The transcript of the interview is presented here; the original video copy of the interview is available through the Doniphan County Historical Society (Troy) and through the Kansas State Historical Society.
Creator: Ross, Norman J.
Date: April 27, 2007
Item Number: 218615
Call Number: World War II Oral Histories Project
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218615
Collections - Oral History - Kansas Veterans of World War II - Doniphan County Historical Society, Troy, KS
Date - 2000s - 2007
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Military - Service - Air Force
Military - Veterans - Benefits - G. I. Bill of Rights
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Transcript
Places - Cities and towns - Horton
Places - Cities and towns - Netawaka
Places - Counties - Brown
Places - Counties - Jackson
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Transcript
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