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DART's Free Senior Fair Offers Ageless Options (open access)

DART's Free Senior Fair Offers Ageless Options

News release about DART's annual senior health fair.
Date: April 21, 2011
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clyde Dahlin, April 21, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde Dahlin, April 21, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clyde Dahlin. Dahlin was drafted into the Army in 1943. He was sent to the Pacific and joined the 25th Infantry Division as a replacement rifleman. Dahlin discusses the combat conditions that he faced in Northern Luzon. He tells of an incident where he helped evacuate a wounded soldier and hiding in fox holes from enemy fire. Dahlin was removed from the frontlines toward the end of the war because he was only 18. He became an MP and tells of interactions that he witnessed between Filipinos and Japanese POWs. Dahlin then tells of his experiences during the year that he served in occupied Japan.
Date: April 21, 2011
Creator: Dahlin, Clyde
System: The Portal to Texas History