Walter V. McKinney oral history recording · Washington County Heritage Online

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Title: Walter V. McKinney oral history recording
Description: An audio recording of an oral history of Walter McKinney on the Korean War. McKinney talks about his life in Hillsboro in the early 1950s and his time at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He recalls being an aircraft observer for Hillsboro and the fear of missile bombing. He discusses the Korean War, World War II, and the Cold War as well as General MacArthur and President Truman. McKinney also talks about the effects of the polio epidemic.
Contributor: Park, Richard
Creator: McKinney, Walter V.
Date: 2000
Is Part Of: Century High School Project
Format: Audiocassettes
Language: English
Identifier: WCM_OH_66
Subject: Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American; Washington County (Or.) -- History
Rights: In Copyright; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Extent: 1 sound cassette (50 min.)
Spatial Coverage: Washington County (Or.); Hillsboro (Or.)
Type: Sound
Source: Washington County Museum

Media: https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/ff615b527f628f603f1407d6d1f9df74.mp3; https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/c6ea8ddd825e2f77be1824fb8f0ddab6.pdf