Archie Hawkins Interview

Title: Archie Hawkins Interview
Subject: War, WW2, Army Air Force, Italy, North Africa, India
References: https://www.kshs.org/archives/218562
Format: Videocassette
Date: August 14, 2006
Language: English
Rights: Contact the Kansas State Historical Society or Watkins Museum of History for rights use.
Description: Archie Hawkins was drafted into the Army (Air Corps) in 1942 and served until 1945 in the 83rd Squadron. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on Aug 14, 2006, Hawkins talked about military experiences in the Second World War. He provides descriptions of his training and combat missions as a crew member on a B-25 bomber in the Army Air Corps. He was born April 24, 1919, in South Dakota. He was a Sioux Indian and he and both of his parents attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas.