doi:10.7916/d8-r10f-w150Oral history interview with Ben S. Custer 1965Custer, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Scott), 1905-2002oral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalVeteransAir pilotsWorld War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, AmericanWorld War, 1914-1918Aeronautics, MilitaryCanada Description and travelCuster, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Scott), 1905-2002United States Naval AcademyUnited States. NavyFamily background, childhood; Naval Academy; early cruises; Pensacola, flight training; flying boat squadron, Alaska; teaching at Annapolis; Caribbean Sea Frontier, Admiral John Hoover; executive officer, CROATAN; Admiral John Vest; command of the NORTON SOUND; World War II; Atlantic and Pacific theaters; atomic bomb; Flight Safety Board, Pay Board; Naval Attache ́to Canada; Northwest cruise to Hudson's Bay; Floyd Bennett Field; Strauss Commission; Princeton, Impressions of contemporaries in the Navy and of government officials; discussion of strategy and battle plans, World Wars I and II.