Interview with Robert Alan Lane, June 22, 2022
Project: West Chester University: Vietnam Era Oral History Project
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This interview was with Robert Lane. He was born in 1949. He grew up in a small town in South-Eastern Pennsylvania. His sister was diagnosed with Polio from a young age. Bob served in the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1975. He served aboard the USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier. He took part in a "Mediterranean cruise". The ship visited Guantanamo bay, Spain, France, and Italy among others. He returned to the US and served in Naval reserves until 1975. He went to work at a telephone company. He worked there during the early internet boom of the 1990's.Interview Accession
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Lane, Robert Alan Interview by Thomas Wood. 22 Jun. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Lane, R.A. (2022, June 22). Interview by T. Wood. West Chester University: Vietnam Era Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Lane, Robert Alan, interview by Thomas Wood. June 22, 2022, West Chester University: Vietnam Era Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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