| Interviewee | HUDSON, James (b. 1921) |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 3rd Platoon, 36th/83rd Quartermaster Trucking Company, 470th Quartermaster Regiment |
| Interview ID # | OH 1414 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. His youth in segregated Yalobusha County, Mississippi; his reaction to being drafted, December, 1942; basic training, Camp McCain, Grenada, Mississippi, 1942-43; segregated training facilities; maneuvers at Camp Polk, Louisiana, 1943; training in truck maintenance and operation; relations between white officers and black enlisted men; entertainment on and off base for black soldiers; illiteracy among black troops; voyage to Europe, February, 1944; pre-invasion training around Cardigan, Wales; transfer of the unit to Swansea for further pre-invasion training; his observations of the Normandy landings, June 6, 1944; the landing of his unit on June 7 at Omaha Beach; establishment of beach supply depots; his participation in the activities of the “Red Ball Express,” August-September, 1944; his description of war damage in German towns and cities; postwar adjustments to segregated society in Mississippi. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 157 pp. plus documents (1 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
