Barbara B. Payne Collection of Oral Histories
Auteur : Barbara B. Payne
Date de publication : 1993
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Résumé du livre
The Barbara B. Payne Collection of Oral Histories consists of fifteen United States Army, three Air Force, and two Marine Corps Oral Histories from World War II veterans. The following veteran interviews are included: Lucian W. Burnett, Edgar M. Buttenheim, James A. Cokeley, Neal Daniels, James M. Gassaway, Rev. Joseph W. Hess Jr., Martin E. Jenkins, Curtis S. Jones, George Lewis Kalb, Richard Kleiner, John B. Koelle, Curtis W. Lafey, William W. Lamond, Theodore S. Matter, David Neifeld, Erwin F. Perry, Eldon Searle Sizer, Dr. Burton L. Williams, David Kelly Kagan, and Margaret Frantz Wellington. Topics covered in the oral histories include African-American units; French/Arab, German/Italian, and Chinese/Russian relations; fraternization; POW Camps (Chieti, Moosburg, Szubin, Hammelburg, and Forrest); slave labor; POW escape committees; electronic warfare; USO shows; Battle of the Bulge; Battle of Hurtgen Forest; Paris liberation parade; conditions on ships; displaced persons; pacifism; use of Japanese prisoners; intercept work and Morse code; B-29 squadron; segregation; and the GI Bill.