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Oral History Interview with William Calloway Scott, June 23, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Calloway Scott. Scott joined the Army in October 1943 and received medical training at Camp Grant. Upon completion, he was sent to Omaha Beach with the 9th Infantry Division, arriving eight days after D-Day. Although there should have been three medics assigned to each company, they were often short-staffed, with only one medic per several hundred men. Scott participated in house-to-house fighting in Cherbourg and pu… more
Date: June 23, 2011
Creator: Scott, William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Frederick M. Bidwell, September 23, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Frederick M. Bidwell. Bidwell joined the Army in 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was assigned to the 69th Infantry Division and headed for France in mid-1944. He eventually was attached to the 35th Infantry Division and fought in France at the Battle of St. Lo. He also briefly mentions the Battle of the Bulge.
Date: September 23, 2011
Creator: Bidwell, Frederick M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Thibeault, August 23, 2011

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Charles Thibeault. Thibeault was drafted and went into the Army in 1943. He took basic training in Alabama, was shipped overseas and joined the 35th Division, 134th Infantry, 1st Battalion, Company C in 1944 when they were in France. He was a squad leader then when he made Staff Sergeant he had his own platoon. He fought at the Battle of the Bulge and was wounded. He also fought in the Battle of Bastogne and at Metz. His outfit liberated one of the concentra… more
Date: August 23, 2011
Creator: Thibeault, Charles E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Oral History Interview with Curtistene Smith McCowan]

Description: Interview with Curtistene Smith McCowan, member and supporter of the NAACP and Urban League. McCowan discusses her upbringing, family, affiliation with the NAACP and Urban League, her involvement with the PTA in her sons' schools and how she advocated for more minority teachers and administrators and equal treatment of Black students, and her seat on the school board in Desoto.
Date: September 23, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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