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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran
Object ID
OH0001
Date Range
2004/07/09
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran
Description
Veteran's oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters.
Admin/Biographical History
Lt. Col. Peters served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 642 Bomb Sq., 409th Bomb Group (L) during World War II. He began his military career in 1939 as a communications and camouflage officer. He retired from the Air Force in 1965 as Lieutenant Colonel. Military service 08/03/1939 - 12/25/1965.
DOB 11/14/1920; DOD 04/24/2014. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128641364/emanuel-paul-peters
Date Range
2004/07/09
Creation Date
9 July 2004
Date of Interview
2004-07-09
Creator
Peters, Emanuel Paul, 1920-2014, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Friedman, William Frederick
Peters, Emanuel "Max" Paul
Peters, Margaret Jane Groff
Interviewer
Newton, Beverly
Narrator
Peters, Emanuel (Max) Paul
Other Creators
Newton, Beverly, collector
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
United States. Air Force
United States. Army. Air Corps
Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
World War, 1939-1945
Search Terms
Oral histories
United States Air Force
United States Army Air Corps
Veterans
World War II
WWII
Place of Interview
LancasterHistory
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:33:43
Language
English
Object ID
OH0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Mark Subject
22:16:00 Worked with William F. Friedman
22:34:00 Studied Enigma, and Purple Machine
23:00:00 Worked with integrating sigint and electronic warfare
24:39:00 Head of electronic warfare division
24:47:00 Wins Legion of Merit
25:20:00 Goes to California to work.
26:00:00 Engineers would go to Stanford to share information.
28:00:00 Returns with wife to Lancaster.
29:12:00 Didn't realize importance of new science.
31:41:00 Describes van belonging to local amateur club.
00:33:67 Ironville named after iron mines in area
00:55:20 built radios
01:05:43 Joined Boy Scouts
01:45:58 Listened to Berlin, Germany on his homemade radio
02:14:02 Used old parts to make his radios
02:31:57 Max put his radio on his bicycle
03:20:20 Joined military in 1939
04:43:40 Going through jungle in Panama
04:53:29 Recalls going down river in canoes with alligators close by
05:19:25 Went to OCS
05:34:96 Sent to Florida - Tampa International Airport
06:07:15 Radar Officer on SCR 270
06:32:21 Transferred to Oklahoma
07:20:68 Crosses ocean on ship named Martinia
08:14:00 Was part of convoy. Martinia leaves convoy.
09:36:90 In England. First mission can't find France (weather).
09:46:70 Returning aircraft low on fuel. "Mayday" heard often.
10:01:49 Pilots could see water towers in States. Can't do same in Europe.
10:48:80 Learned to trust equipment. Found France on 2nd mission.
11:12:00 Could tell weather by amount of signal received at base.
11:28:00 "Spoofing" stations on base.
12:10:00 D-Day.
12:20:00 Practiced deception often before D-Day.
12:50:00 Painted black and white stripes on aircraft.
13:13:00 General Patton was decoy for D-Day.
15:00:00 "G-equipment"
15:55:00 Used smoke to designate target
16:23:00 "No-ball" target
16:33:00 "no-ball" target signified German V-1 rocket plane
17:22:00 Wind shifted. Bombs dropped on friendly troops. Gen McNair victim.
17:38:00 Started infantry and aircorp exchanges.
17:44:00 River crossing
18:14:00 "Cat eyes".
19:36:00 Strafed by Me 109.
20:28:00 Returns to states. Goes to F & M.
21:59:00 Gets job at Arlington Hall, Virginia
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
OH0001
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Database record revised by HST, 20 July 2022.
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