Oral History Interview with Luther Burnette, July 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Luther Burnette, July 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Luther Burnette. Burnette joined the Army in July 1946 and trained in Alabama. He went to Korea in 1946 and was made a typist in his company's office while there. Burnette was in a segregated unit in the Sixth Infantry Division and comments on the racial conditions in the Army during the time. He also served in the quartermaster section while on duty in occupied Japan. He returned and was discharged in 1949, but stayed in the reserves and attended college. When he graduated, he accepted a commission in 1953 and retired a colonel.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Burnette, Luther
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Havorka, July 15, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Edward Havorka, July 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Havorka. Havorka was born 24 April 1923, graduated from high school in 1940, then joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He completed boot camp in San Diego. He completed Telephone School and learned how to work a switchboard. He served as an instructor in the school into 1944. He then completed Officer Candidate School at Oberlin College, Ohio. Havorka was then transferred to an infantry unit at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he remained until the end of the war and was discharged.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Havorka, Edward
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Luther Burnette, July 15, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Luther Burnette, July 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Luther Burnette. Burnette joined the Army in July 1946 and trained in Alabama. He went to Korea in 1946 and was made a typist in his company's office while there. Burnette was in a segregated unit in the Sixth Infantry Division and comments on the racial conditions in the Army during the time. He also served in the quartermaster section while on duty in occupied Japan. He returned and was discharged in 1949, but stayed in the reserves and attended college. When he graduated, he accepted a commission in 1953 and retired a colonel.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Burnette, Luther
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edward Havorka, July 15, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edward Havorka, July 15, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edward Havorka. Havorka was born 24 April 1923, graduated from high school in 1940, then joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He completed boot camp in San Diego. He completed Telephone School and learned how to work a switchboard. He served as an instructor in the school into 1944. He then completed Officer Candidate School at Oberlin College, Ohio. Havorka was then transferred to an infantry unit at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he remained until the end of the war and was discharged.
Date: July 15, 2015
Creator: Havorka, Edward
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History