- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Thomas Lee Holt
- Creator:
- Tate, Candy
Holt, Thomas Lee, 1942- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2017-04-28
- Subject:
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Race discrimination--United States
United States. Navy. Attack Squadron 126
United States. Navy. Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 46
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
Lockheed Martin
United States. Federal Aviation Administration - Location:
- United States, California, San Diego County, Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, 32.87276, -117.13958
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Naval Air Station Atlanta, 33.91359, -84.52937
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Reverend Thomas Holt recalls his experiences serving in the United States Navy as an aircraft mechanic during the Cuban Missile Crisis and later in the Navy Reserves. He describes his family, growing up years, and his reasons for joining the Navy. He recalls his training and his duties as a plane captain, including the relationship he developed with the pilot of the aircraft for which he was responsible. He recalls the American civil rights movement, prejudice and discrimination in the military, and how military life seemed to facilitate better race relations because those who served in the military learned to work and live with people of all backgrounds and ethnicities. He describes his post-military career working for the Federal Aviation Administration and how he entered the ministry. He recalls how he joined the Atlanta Chapter Tuskegee Airmen and reflects on the life lessons he learned in the military.
VA-126; VR-46; aircraft mechanic; plane captain; jet blast; instrument training; carrier quals; "wash out"; F-9; segregation; A&P School; C-5; Hunter Street (later MLK Jr. Drive); Atlanta Chapter Tuskegee Airmen; Charlie Brown Airport; Greater Solid Rock Baptist Church;
Reverend Thomas Holt served in the United States Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and in the Navy Reserves afterward. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/835
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:07:33
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
