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Title
Robert Martell Hill Interview
Subject
Veterans
United States. Navy
Description
This interview with Robert Martell Hill was recorded at the Southeast Veterans' Services Center in Washington, DC.
Hill entered the Navy on December 4, 1995 in Great Lakes, Illinois. He completed his boot camp that winter in -72 degree temperatures.
During his time in the service, Hill carried the flag as a guidon, and worked as an electrician aboard the USS George Washington. During his six month deployment he served in the Arabian Gulf, Israel, France, and Dubai.
In this interview, Hill notes the state of constant readiness he and his shipmates had to be in any time Iraqi pilots were in the air. He also notes that armed conflict became real for him when he took notice of the fact that he planes he was working on came back with no missiles or fuel tanks despite being sent out fully outfitted.
Hill entered the Navy on December 4, 1995 in Great Lakes, Illinois. He completed his boot camp that winter in -72 degree temperatures.
During his time in the service, Hill carried the flag as a guidon, and worked as an electrician aboard the USS George Washington. During his six month deployment he served in the Arabian Gulf, Israel, France, and Dubai.
In this interview, Hill notes the state of constant readiness he and his shipmates had to be in any time Iraqi pilots were in the air. He also notes that armed conflict became real for him when he took notice of the fact that he planes he was working on came back with no missiles or fuel tanks despite being sent out fully outfitted.
Creator
Hill, Robert Martell
Smith, Mark
Source
Your DC Digital Museum, 19 November 2014, Southeast Veterans Services Center
Publisher
Humanities DC
Date
2014
19 November 2014
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Format
AVCHD
.avi
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
028.YDCDM.2014
Coverage
Washington, DC
Ward 8
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Original Format
AVCHD Video
Duration
00:07:50
Bit Rate/Frequency
16334 kb/s
Interviewer
Smith, Mark
Interviewee
Hill, Robert Martell
Location
Washington, DC
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