Interview with Elbert L. Edwards, July 18, 1986

Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Technical Sergeant Edwards served with the Twentieth Air Force-- 58th Bombardment Wing-- 468th Bombardment Group of the 494th Bombardment Squadron; served as a radio operator on board a B-29 Bomber; talks about crash landings-- bombing mission over Japan; describes being shot down over Manchuria - bailing out-- being taken prisoner-- life as a prisoner of war-- interrogation by capturers-- trading secret messages with other prisoners-- liberation by the Russians-- ship voyage to Okinawa - surviving explosion and typhoon-- brief account of returning to the United States

Interview Accession

1986oh190_ww059

Interviewee Name

Elbert L. Edwards

Interviewer Name

Arthur L. Kelly

Interview Date

1986-07-18

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Edwards, Elbert L. Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 18 Jul. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Edwards, E.L. (1986, July 18). Interview by A. L. Kelly. American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Edwards, Elbert L., interview by Arthur L. Kelly. July 18, 1986, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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