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OH 1856

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeDUKE, Wallace “Tim” (b. 1924)
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran, 86th Infantry

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1856
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionRetired Santa Fe Railroad agent. Childhood in rural North Texas; the Great Depression; war work at Consolidated Steel Shipyard; draft into infantry; training at Camp Howze and Camp Livingston; European Theater; push from Cologne to Altena, Germany; the Ruhr Pocket; push into Austria; V-E Day; reassignment to Pacific Theater; Philippines; post-war work experience; post-war life in Dallas.
Interviewer(s)Tiffany Smith
Physical Description72 pp. plus documents (11 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen