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CALVERT, Hugh W. (b. 1918)

Oral Histories

OH 1529

His experiences as an officer in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth during the Great Depression; ROTC at Texas A&M College and commissioning as a second lieutenant in the cavalry; ordered to active duty with the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, February, 1941; assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron; his transfer to Troop A, 112th Cavalry, Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas; tank school at Fort Knox, Kentucky; transfer to Service Troop; assignment to New Caledonia; shift from being a horse cavalry unit to an infantry unit; assignment to Woodlark Island, 1943; operations on Arawe; Driniumor River Campaign; rotation back to the States.