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Interview With Robert O'Brien, January 9, 2006, Robert O'Brien, Michael J. Birkner
Interview With Robert O'Brien, January 9, 2006, Robert O'Brien, Michael J. Birkner
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Robert O'Brien was interviewed on January 9, 2006 by Michael J. Birkner about his military service during World War II and his years as a student at Gettysburg College. He discusses his childhood and time at Muhlenberg College, before he enlisted in the US Navy Air Corps and served at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida. After the war he came to Gettysburg on a basketball scholarship. He discusses his experience as a physics major, fraternity brother, and college athlete.
Length of Interview: 94 minutes
Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by …