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OH 1411

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Interview ID #OH 1411
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHis experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in segregated East Texas; his move to Denton, Texas, in 1933 and his education at Frederick Douglass school; enrollment at Texas College, 1939, on a football scholarship; induction into the Army, July, 1942; basic training at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1942; life in the segregated Army; relations between white officers and black troops; construction training at Camp Shelby, 1942-43; assignment to Hollandia, New Guinea, January, 1943; race relations overseas; camp construction; hospital construction; promotion opportunities; recreational activities; transfer to Guadalcanal, 1945; leave time in Australia; return to the States and his postwar career in education.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description130 pp
Terms of UseOpen