Cecil Stecher World War II Interview

Cecil Stecher World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

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

United States. Navy -- History.

Cecil Stecher enlisted in the United States Navy (Air Corps) in 1943. He served as a gunner on a torpedo bomber. Interviewed on June 12, 2007, by Deborah Pye, Stecher talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Stecher was born on June 14, 1925. At 17, he enlisted in the Navy’s V-12 training program. He attended training at several schools around the country. He was discharged on May 2, 1946. Stecher passed away on July 12, 2010.

Stecher, Cecil

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2007-07-12

Pye, Deborah

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/stecher-cecil-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cjonline/obituary.aspx?n=cecil-leroy-stecher&pid=144084787

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/214670

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

Stecher_Cecil WWII Interview

Florida

1943 - 1946

Pye, Deborah

Stecher, Cecil

Baldwin City (KS)

VHS

0:40:49

221 kbit/s (audio)

2471 kbit/s (video)