Harold Wray World War II Interview

Harold Wray World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

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

United States. Army.

United States. Air Force -- History.

Kansas -- History.

Harold Wray served in the United States Army (12th Air Corps) from 1942 to 1945. After the war, he served in the Reserve until he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1973. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on August 30, 2005, Wray talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Wray was born in Kansas on September 17, 1919. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1936 and then attended the University of Kansas. He joined the Army in 1942 and went overseas to Italy in 1944. While there, he worked as an air inspector. He was then assigned to Waller Field in Trinidad. Following the war, Wray worked in the Computer Center for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He retired in 1979. Wray passed away on November 14, 2012.

Wray, Harold

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2005-08-30

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/wray-harold-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=harold-mathew-wray&pid=161098537

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/211763

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

Wray_Harold WWII Interview

Italy

Trinidad

1942 - 1945

Johnston, Pattie

Wray, Harold

Lawrence (KS)

VHS

1:02:14

221 kbit/s (audio)

2464 kbit/s (video)