OH 1411 | Oral History

OH 1411

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.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 130 pp
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview May 22, 2001

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