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Summary:

Interview with Allen H. Benton, Army veteran (B Troop, 112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard), concerning his childhood experiences in upstate New York, including Depression-era economy; education at Cornell University; drafting into the U.S. Army Infantry and service at several stateside bases; transfer to Cavalry and combat in Pacific Theater; memories of Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay; opinions on war in general; career as author of biological field guides.

Author/Creator:

Benton, Allen H., 1921-

Contributors:

Johnston, Glenn

Johnston, Craig

World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Allen H. Benton, 2004 November 24 [by Benton, A.H.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1624

Subjects:

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945

Mailer, Norman

Benton, Allen H., 1921- — Oral history

National Grange — Oral history

Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) — Oral history

Sears, Roebuck and Company — Oral history

Cornell University — College of Agriculture — Oral history

Missouri (Battleship : BB 63) — Oral history

United States Army — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history

United States Army — Regimental Combat Team, 442nd — Oral history

United States Army — Cavalry Regiment, 112th — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history

Texas National Guard — Cavalry Regiment, 112th — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history

Depressions — 1929 — Oral history

New Deal, 1933-1939 — Oral history

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Philippines — Luzon — Oral history

Japan — History — Allied occupation, 1945-1952 — Personal narratives — Oral history

Fort Riley (Kan.) — Oral history

Fort Hood (Tex.) — Oral history

Fort Ord (Calif.) — Oral history

United States — Race relations — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Pacific Theater oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 2004 for the World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project. Interviewers: Glenn T. Johnston and Craig F. Johnston.

Physical Description:

105 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1624

OCLC Numbers:

436878592