Everett E. Buhler World War II Interview

Everett E. Buhler World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States. Navy -- History.

United States -- History, Military.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

Kansas -- History.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.

Everett Buhler joined the Navy in May 1941. He served until 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on October 1, 2007, Buhler talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Bugler was born in Pretty Prairie, Kansas on June 27, 1919. He attended Lawrence High School. Following his graduation in 1937, he went to the University of Kansas. He volunteered for the Navy in 1941 and became a flight instructor in Pensacola, Florida. He then went to San Diego, California, for Patrol Plane Commander School, where he got into the Transitional Land Plant Unit (TLU) as a patrol plane commander in long-range patrol bombers. He spent most of his military career flying PB4YIs. In 1944, he went to the South Pacific. After the war, he returned to Lawrence and worked a variety of jobs. Buhler passed away on June 26, 2007.

Buhler, Everett E.

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2007-10-01

Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

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/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/buhler-everett-wwii-interview-1

Obituary: https://www2.ljworld.com/life-events/obituaries/2007/jun/28/everett_buhler/

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211713

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

MP4

eng

Oral History

Buhler, Everett WII Interview [1]

South Pacific

1941 - 1945

Johnston, Pattie

Buhler, Everett

Lawrence (Kan.)

VHS

0:42:49

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1626 kbit/s (video)