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OH 1482

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBARSANTI, Aletha (b. 1920)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1482
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHer reminiscences as the wife of General Olinto Barsanti, 1942-1973. Their courtship in San Antonio; her coping with various assignments to Europe, Japan, and Washington, DC; child-raising; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general; military protocol for the wives of general officers; his one-year tour in the Vietnam War as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division; his diagnosis of stomach cancer and his death, May, 1943.
Interviewer(s)Peter B. Lane, Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description110 pp. plus documents (3 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen