Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Leon Frankel

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Leon Frankel (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Leon Frankel was born in 1923 in Minnesota. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and went through several levels of pilot training. He also volunteered for advanced training in TBF torpedo bombers and flew 25 combat missions in the Pacific. He was rotated back to the United States and discharged from active duty in 1945. He remained in the Reserves until 1959. He was a volunteer pilot in the new Israeli Air Force during the War for Independence in 1948. Upon returning, he married and raised a family. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Decision to enlist in the Navy Air Force; going through all the training programs; volunteering to fly the aircraft TBF torpedo bombers; experience serving in the Pacific; experience flying combat missions; return home and living as a civilian again; working in the used car sales business; post-traumatic stress from the war; serving in the volunteer Israeli Air Force during the War for Independence.

Dates

• 10/08/2002 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Frankel, Leon
• interviewer: Saylor, Thomas

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 112
• Accession Number: AV2006.1.10

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I' <OH 112>

Quantity: 3 hours sound cassette 53 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 140 minutes length

Subjects

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