Scope and Contents Borop, a retired captain in the United States Navy, discusses family and childhood in rural Illinois, Depression years, education at Eureka College, and his Naval Acade-my training. He discusses service during WWII maintaining the blockade at Panama; service on the U.S.S. Milwaukee and the U.S.S. Marblehead; his eyewitness experience of the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests, and the effects of the explosion on the men, ships, and animals present. He also discusses his experiences working at a ship...

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Herbert Sullivan recalls work and life in Illinois: childhood in Raymond; farming and one room schools; construction in Decatur; WWI Navy service; and working as a truck driver and mechanic in Chicago. Also discusses being an airplane pilot; flying experiences; Tiedt Aviation Company; and also being a musician.

2 tapes, 95 mins., 31 pp. Interview by Don Vanzant, 1984 OPEN See collateral file