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Alfred Soo grew up in Berkeley, California in the 1920s and 1930s. After attending Berkeley High, he went for a short time to San Francisco City College. In this interview, he talks about growing up, leaving college to take a position at the shipyards with an expectation of being drafted. He describes his training in the Army, first in weather observation and then navigation, in preparation to fly B17s for the Army Air Corps. He recounts his clear memories of being shot down over Germany in 1944, his prisoner of war experience, and his liberation in 1945. In 1949, Mr. Soo married and moved to El Cerrito, California.

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Title
Alfred Soo: Rosie The Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral History Project
Creator
Soo, Alfred, interviewee
Li, Robin, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 2012
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Full Collection Name
Rosie the Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Community and Identity
Commerce, Industry, and Labor
Type
Text
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Oral histories.
Archive
The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Soo, Alfred. "Alfred Soo: Rosie The Riveter World War II American Home Front Oral History Project." Interview by Robin Li in 2011. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2012.
Interview date(s) 2011
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