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Zapf, Martin L.

  • Conflict(s): World War II
  • Military Branch & Unit: Army Air Forces
  • Theater(s): Pacific
  • Field(s) of Study: Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
  • Occupations: Management, Military Specific, Sales and Related
  • Links to Oral History Sessions: Zapf, Martin L. (October 25, 2005)

Description:

Mr. Zapf served as a radio operator on a B-29 based on Tinian during World War II. After being shotdown on 8/8/45, Zapf and his surviving crewmates endured captivity at the hands of the Japanese and were held in Hiroshima shortly after the atomic bomb had destroyed most of the city.