Kenny Thornton oral history interview
Oral History
Identifier:
03.38.1
Alternate Identifier:MS 248
1919 – 2003
Interview date:September 26 2003
Interviewer:David Morrell
Description
Kenny Thornton was drafted into the Air Force where he became a radio operator. He flew B 17s from Australia to Japan. He was shot down over Japan and was taken prisoner. He was taken with the death march to a Japanese POW camp. Discussion includes treatment he received as a prisoner and his release after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima.
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