Harold Jehle World War II Interview

Harold Jehle World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

United States. Army.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

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

United States. Army Air Forces.

Harold Jehle was inducted into the United States Army in 1942 and served in the Flying Grasshoppers, 2nd Army Air Force LTE at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, until 1946. Prior to enlisting, he worked as a mechanic for the Army Air Corps in Kansas as a civilian. Interviewed on June 13, 2006, by Helen Krische, Jehle talked about his experiences during the Second World War. He also discussed the prisoner of war camp in Lawrence, Kansas. Jehle was born in Lawrence on September 15, 1922. After the war, he worked at International in Lawrence. He passed away on March 13, 2018.

Jehle, Harold

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2006-06-13

Krische, Helen

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/jehle-harold-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=harold-jehle&pid=188456375&fhid=24989

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/211950

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

Jehle_Harold WWII Interview

Fort Sill (Okla.)

1941 - 1945

Krische, Helen

Jehle, Harold

Lawrence (Kan.)

VHS

0:49:27

127 kbit/s (audio)

1626 kbit/s (video)