Storyteller: Raymond Perkins

Interviewer: Lorretta Bertalot

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Ray was raised in Parsons Kansas. He enlisted in the Army Air Corp and was trained as a teletype operator. He served in the Pacific for 3 years and describes his jobs and the work of the See Bees and the flights of the air planes. His unit shot down Yamamoto--the leader of the planes that bombed Pearl Harbor. Ray tells about coming home at war's end.

Subjects: Air Corp Basic camp, See Bees, Unit personnel reports and payroll, Prisoners' experiences, Throwing dirty clothes into the Pacific Ocean, Shooting down Yamamoto (who led the air strike on Pearl Harbor), Japanese occupation money, Notebook assimilated by Lynn Sutton, Veterans Day at Sand Springs, Honor Flight, Playing dominoes