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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Melvin G. Thompson letters

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 172
Abstract

Letters of a soldier from Portland, Oregon, who served in the C Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, in Europe during World War II.

Dates: 1943-1945

Hideto Tomita letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2704
Abstract

Hideto Tomita was a Portland, Oregon, Japanese American who was incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka camp in Idaho and later joined the 442nd regiment of the U.S. Army. Collection consists of Tomita's correspondence with Cora B. Oliver, a former teacher, 1942-1945, regarding his experiences of incarceration, of basic training in Mississippi, and of life at the front in Italy and France.

Dates: 1942-1945

Oral history interview with David R. Williams

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1206
Abstract

Oral history interview with David R. Williams conducted by Elizabeth Reichow from December 16, 1991, to January 16, 1992, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Williams was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1991 December 16-1992 January 16