Interviewer
Gladys Peterson
Files
Description
Edward Mosier discusses growing up in Montana during the Great Depression where he lived part time with his father in Deer Lodge and part time with his aunt and uncle’s ranch at Gold Creek. He describes attending school in Deer Lodge, working odd jobs, often times through government programs such as the Works Progress Administration [WPA] and Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC], and hunting for food and supplies. Mosier recalls joining the Army Air Corps during World War Two and being deployed outside of Manila in the Philippines. He discusses being bombarded by Japanese airplanes in December 1941 and the injuries he sustained. Mosier describes being transported on a boat from the Philippines to Sydney, Australia, then later to New York. He notes that the ship he was on was also transporting German POWs who had served under General Erwin Rommel. Mosier discusses attending the University of Montana after the war, working for Bell Telephone Company, then the Montana Highway Department. He concludes by detailing the various military organizations he joined the reunions he attends.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Otterville, Missouri; Deer Lodge, Montana; Gold Creek, Montana; Ranching, Montana; Great Depression, 1929-1945; Works Progress Administration [WPA]; Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC]; World War, 1939-1945; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Pearl Harbor, bombing of; U.S. Armed Forces; U.S. Army Air Corps; U.S. Air Force; Wheeler Field, Hawaii; Hickam Field, Hawaii; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Flight navigation; Flight instruments; The Philippines; Manila, the Philippines; Luzon, the Philippines; Corregidor, the Philippines; Bataan, the Philippines; Prisoners of war [POWs]; Erwin Rommel; Bell Telephone Company; Jack Hemingway; University of Montana, Missoula; Montana Highway Department; Rural Electrification Administration
Original Date
11-28-1989
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
U.S. Military Veterans Oral History Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 236-001, 002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (60 min. each) analog + 1 transcript (43 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:39:55 minutes
Local Filename
OH_236_001_002.mp3; OH_236_001_002.pdf
Citation
Mosier, Edward E., "Edward E. Mosier Interview, November 28, 1989" (1989). U.S. Military Veterans Oral History Collection. 5.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/militaryveterans_interviews/5