| Interviewee | TIMBLIN, Merle (b. 1921) |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1718 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Civilian Conservation Corps veteran. Childhood in western Pennsylvania; father’s work as a farmer, coal miner, and WPA blacksmith; life on farms and in mining towns during the Great Depression; decision to enroll in CCC before eighteenth birthday; experiences at CCC camps in Arizona and Pennsylvania; lessons learned from the CCC experience; experiences in the European Theater of World War II as radio operator in the U.S. Army Fourth Armored Division, including fighting in the Battle of the Bulge; lessons learned from experience in the Army; decision to relocate to Niagara Falls, N.Y., and thence to North Texas; career as a machinist and mechanic. |
| Interviewer(s) | Todd Moye |
| Physical Description | 57 pp. plus documents (46 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
