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Oral History Interview with Melvin Harmon, October 21, 2002
Interview with Melvin Harmon, a paratrooper during World War II. He discusses his paratrooper training and his time on Guadalcanal, Bougainville and other battles in the Solomon Islands. He also contracted malaria.
Date:
October 21, 2002
Creator:
Morris, Cork & Harmon, Melvin
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ben Moody, October 8, 2003
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Interview with Ben Moody, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kilgore, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Moody discusses his family, surviving the Great Depression, his jobs and education, joining the 112th and mobilization, deployment to New Caledonia, Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island, the Battle of Arawe, the Battle of Driniumor River, spending the remainder of the war in the hospital, and reflections on the 112th.
Date:
October 8, 2003
Creator:
Johnston, Glenn T. & Moody, Ben
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library