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Oral History Interview with Elnora Geer, October 29, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Elnora Geer, October 29, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Elnora Geer. Geer finished high school in 1933 and went to work as a telephone operator in McKinney, Texas. When the war started, Geer was married and had one child with another on the way when her husband was drafted in early 1944. Before her husband shipped overseas, she moved out to California with her babies. He was en route to the Philippines when the war ended and she was on hand to greet him upon his return to New Orleans.
Date: October 29, 2007
Creator: Geer, Elnora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pedro De La Garza, October 29, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Pedro De La Garza, October 29, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Pedro De La Garza. De La Garza was drafted into the Army in December of 1942. He was assigned to the 329th Medical Battalion, 104th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Timberwolf Division. His military occupation specialty was ambulance orderly. From September of 1944 through July of 1945 he participated on the front lines in the European Theater. He traveled to France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, crossed the Rhine River and was located at the Elbe River when Germany surrendered. He provides details of his work, his travels and his experiences during nighttime combat. He was discharged in late 1945.
Date: October 29, 2007
Creator: De La Garza, Pedro
System: The Portal to Texas History