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Description
Oral history interview of Brantley Smith. Interview conducted by Jessie via Zoom on July 29, 2021. Interview topics include pre-military life; Air Force Commission: decision, when, and what it looked like for Mr. Smith; training; acclimating to military life; duties as officer in Air Force and experiences he had while fulfilling his duties; thoughts on places he visited in travels for the military; experience of being refused entry to Budapest, Hungary from Russia and being held in Russia during the Cold War; experience in restaurant in Czechoslovakia; getting promoted to First Lieutenant and decision to take the early-out program option; Transition from North African to Spain and experiences in Spain and the Mediterranean; experience serving during the Greek-Turkish civil unrest between; memorable experience of the heat in Turkey; experience of running into a fraternity brother from back home at Christmas while stationed in North Africa; experience of running into high school friend during service in Rome; experience of running into ex-girlfriend's school friend in Europe, whom he reunited with because of chance encounter; life and work just after leaving service and meeting his first wife; buying a television sales and services business in Winter Park, FL; experience of reacclimating to civilian life; experience of divorce and becoming a single parent of two children; involvement in local veteran community; contact with those he served alongside; and applying military training in civilian life.
Date of Birth
1938-09-11
Type
Video; MovingImage
Interview Date
7-29-2021
Location of Interview
Zoom
Contributor Affiliation / Organization
RICHES University of Central Florida
Length of Interview
88:14
Publisher
Department of History, University of Central Florida
Type
video
Rights
All rights are held by the respective holding institution. This material is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/
Repository
University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
Contributing Project
UCF Community Veterans History Project
Document Type
Interview
Recommended Citation
Central Florida, RICHES of, "Smith, Brantley Priest interview" (2021). Veterans Oral Histories. 696.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/veteransoralhistories/696