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George R. Caron Collection, 1941-2003, Date acquired: 07/01/2004

 

Summary

Creator:
Caron, George R. (Geroge Robert)
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], George R. Caron Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_04_0197.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. Technical Sergeant Bob Caron was the tail gunner on the B-29, "Enola Gay". The transcript covers his training missions, conditions on the plane during the journey, and his reaction to the bomb and its effects.

Biographical / historical:

George R. Caron served as the tail gunner on the "Enola Gay", and took the first photos of the mushroom cloud produced by the atomic bomb. He trained at the Lowry school in Denver, Colorado, and then relocated to Florida to join the 509th.

Acquisition information:

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Clarke M. Brandt

Gift

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

By creator

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], George R. Caron Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_04_0197.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA