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Title
Baldwin
,
Ralph
(Interview
outline
and
video)
,
2007
Creator
Baldwin
,
Ralph
Description
Ralph
Baldwin
was an
astronomy
instructor
at
Northwestern
University
in
1941
who
volunteered
for
service
after
Pearl
Harbor
. He was
initially
assigned
to
teach
navigation
, but
lobbied
for a
more
important
assignment
. He was
sent
in
1942
to a
secret
program
in
Maryland
being
run
by the
Applied
Physics
Laboratory
at
Johns
Hopkins
University
. Here he
helped
to
develop
the
proximity
fuse
, a
device
that
enabled
anti-aircraft
shells
to
sense
when
they were
near
targets
and
explode
. By the
end
of the
war
, the
fuse
had
become
highly
effective
, and
aspects
of the
technology
developed
for
it
are
still
used
today
.
Contributors
Boring
,
Frank
(Interviewer)
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Video recordings
Language
eng
Rights
For information on copyright or permissions, please contact Grand Valley State University Special Collections at collections@gvsu.edu
Type
Moving Image; Text
Format
flv; pdf
Date
2004-11-12
Source
Veterans
History
Project
collection
,
RHC-27
Relation
Veterans
History
Project
(U.S.)
Contributing Institution
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401
Digital Identification
RBaldwin
OCLC number
678588939
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