Janis Kozlowski: Let me back up just a second. Did you … how did you get to Attu? Robert Buchanan: We flew our own planes up there. Janis Kozlowski: Oh you did. And did you go up through Whidbey Island, or? Robert Buch

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• Aleutian Islands Campaign
• Boating
• Whidbey Island
• LORAN
• Technology

Janis Kozlowski: Can I jump back for a minute back to the Aleutians. I wanted to talk to you about the PBYs that you flew in. What was that … the area where you … the mech was stationed was … can you tell me about

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• Singles
• Over

Janis Kozlowski: Plus, he was such a long way away and there wasn’t a lot of transportation I imagine. Eleanor Mae Cramer: That’s true. And in those days you couldn’t just drive here and there. You hitchhiked most

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Janis Kozlowski: Now, tell me who were your commanding officers when you were in Alaska. Robert Buchanan: You mean of the squadron? Janis Kozlowski: Yes. Robert Buchanan: Joseph Eastman was the Commanding Officer. The Ex

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Janis Kozlowski: Well, first of all, let me ask you … you served in WWII, how did you get into the service? Were you drafted, or enlisted? And which branch of the military did you go into? Joseph D. Hutchison: I enlist

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Janis Kozlowski: So did you enlist or were you drafted? Robert Buchanan: I enlisted. As a matter of fact I had a deferment because at that time apprentices that were machinists and electricians were … they were deferre

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Janis Kozlowski: So did you become interested in aviation when you were a young kid? Robert Buchanan: Well, I might have been interested but getting into aviation in the Navy was kind of a [laughing], just kind of a mist

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Robert Buchanan: I remember one time we almost ran into a Japanese plane in the fog. Janis Kozlowski: What happened there? Robert Buchanan: Pardon? Janis Kozlowski: What happened there? Robert Buchanan: Well, we were goi

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• Cinema of the United States
• Airplane!
• Films
• Comedy

Joseph D. Hutchison: Anyway … where was I? Janis Kozlowski: Oh, you were talking about the plane being loaded up … heavily loaded, and the antennas you had never seen before. Joseph D. Hutchison: Oh, yeah. Well, we c

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• Propellers
• Ship construction

Janis Kozlowski: Where did you work? Eleanor Mae Cramer: Lockheed, in Burbank. Janis Kozlowski: What type of work did you do? Eleanor Mae Cramer: Oh, it was on the airplanes, you know, the gas tanks and just general main

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