Collection: Oral history interview with C. James Martel

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Oral history interview with C. James Martel

DOH-465
 Collection
Identifier: DOH-465

Description

C. James Martel, resident of the Upper Valley. Oral history interview documenting his military service during the Vietnam War. Martel discusses his early life and his undergraduate education at the University of Detroit, where he was a member of the class of 1965, studied aeronautical engineering, and joined the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Martel recounts his military experience, including pilot training at Moody Air Force Base, service at Castle Air Force Base in California, service in the 337th Bombardment Squadron and 96th Strategic Aerospace Wing, and missions flown to Vietnam between 1968 and 1971. Martel describes his graduate studies in environmental engineering at the University of Massachusetts, his work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), and his doctoral studies at Colorado State University.

Dates

  • 2015-08-19

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

Permission from Dartmouth College required for publication or reproduction.

Extent

0.72 GB (1 WAV file)

82 pages (1 transcript)

Language of Materials

English

Creator

Part of the Rauner Special Collections Library Repository

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