Mark C. Bane, Jr. transcript

Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 19 (01.0464-01.0486), Folder: 01.0469 - Folder 1

Identifier: 01.0469

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Mark C. Bane Jr. who joined the National Guard in May 1941. He later volunteered for the 501st Parachute Battalion and was sent to Montgomery, Alabama to train at the Maxwell Air Force Base. While at Maxwell Air Force Base, he trained British cadets under the Arnold Plan. In late 1945, Bane traveled overseas with General Douglas MacArthur. The collection consists of an oral history transcript.

Dates

Created: 1927-1946
Other: Date acquired: 09/27/2001

Creator

Bane, Mark C., Jr., 1913-2008 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical or Historical Information

Mark C. Bane Jr. was born on October 11, 1913, in Pulaski, Virginia. Bane attended Fishburne Military School at Waynesboro, VA from 1927 to 1931. He then attended Virginia Military Institute from 1931 to 1933. Bane joined the National Guard in May of 1941. During the same period, he was employed as an engineer on the Skyline Drive project in Virginia.

Bane later volunteered for the 501st Parachute Battalion and was sent to Montgomery, Alabama to train at the Maxwell Air Force Base. While at Maxwell Air Force Base, he trained British cadets under the Arnold Plan. It was not until late 1945, after Japan surrendered, that Bane traveled overseas with General MacArthur to survey homes for dependants. Bane's final station was at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia where he was chief of staff to the Continental Air Command. After serving 30 years in the United States Air Force, Bane retired in 1968. He died September 27, 2008.