Interviewee | STAFFORD, Allen E. (b. 1916) |
Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, L Troop, 124th Cavalry |
Interview ID # | OH 1327 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | His experiences as a demolitions expert in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Education in West Texas; his work as an oil well shooter in the West Texas oil fields, 1930s; enlistment in the Army, 1941; assignment to the 12th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas, 1941-43; transfer to the 124th Cavalry and assignment to Burma, 1943; combat against Japanese forces around Mong Wi and Myitkyina, Burma, 1943-45; his battle wound and evacuation, July, 1945; sundry readings from his personal journal. |
Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
Physical Description | 73 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |