| Interviewee | KING, Harve D. (b. 1920) |
| Professions | Educator, university administrator |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, Company B, 350th Engineer Regiment |
| Interview ID # | OH 1411 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | His 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 Description | 130 pp |
| Terms of Use | Open |
