Les Hannon World War II Interview

Dublin Core

Title

Les Hannon World War II Interview

Subject

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.

Description

Les Hannon served in Britain’s Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1945. Interviewed as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Hannon talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Hannon was born on December 31, 1923, in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. He came to the United States in 1963 and moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1973.

Creator

Hannon, Les

Source

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Publisher

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

Date

unknown

Contributor

unknown
Kansas State Historical Society

Rights

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

Relation

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/hannon-interview
A transcript of another interview with Hannon is available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/218561
The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.
Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

Format

MP4

Language

eng

Type

Oral History

Identifier

Hannon Interview

Coverage

England
South Africa
1941 - 1945

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

unknown

Interviewee

Hannon, Les

Location

Douglas County (Kan.)

Original Format

VHS

Duration

0:50:58

Bit Rate/Frequency

317 kbit/s (audio)
10318 kbit/s (video)

Citation

Hannon, Les, “Les Hannon World War II Interview,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed March 29, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/1784.

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