Oral history interview with Robert Clarence Chandler, April 30, 1990
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Carlson, Lewis H
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Oral history interview with Robert Clarence Chandler, better known as Clare or Claire Chandler, conducted and recorded by Lew Carlson on April 30, 1990 in Clare’s home in Allegan, Michigan. Also present was Clare's wife Virginia. Clare was a student at Western Michigan University in the early 1940s, ran track, and was a member of the marching band. Clare discusses growing up in Allegan, his time at WMU, and his training and service in the Air Force, where he was a member of the Tuskegee Airman 99th Fighter Squadron during World War II.
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Michigan Service HubKeywords
- Aerial Operations, American
- African American Fighter Pilots
- African Americans
- Brown, C. Bassett (Charles Bassett), 1923 2012
- College Students, Black
- Gill, John W., 1898 1997
- History
- Kalamazoo
- Michigan
- Oral Histories
- Personal Narratives
- Smith, J. Towner, 1902 1996
- Sports
- Tuskegee Army Flying School (Tuskegee, Ala.)
- United States
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th
- Western Michigan University
- World War, 1939 1945