Oral History Interview with Charles M. Lagow, October 11, 2000 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Charles M. Lagow, October 11, 2000

Creator

  • Interviewer: Ripley, Christopher
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Interviewee: Lagow, Charles Marshall
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2000-10-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Interview with Charles M. Lagow, a Army WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Lagow discusses his family history, attending Texas A&M, joining the CCC, the lead up to war, activation and training with the 352nd Engineer Battalion, deployment to Khorramshahr, Iran, building roads, delivering supplies to the Soviets, crash landing in a B-17 in Palestine, returning to the States and transfer to the 1346th Eng. Bat., deployment to Okinawa, occupation duty and Japanese holdouts, thoughts on Hideki Tojo, attitudes towards the Japanese, shell shock and mental breakdowns, the atomic bomb, and life after the war.
  • Physical Description: 96 p. ; 28 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Civil Servants - Civilian Conservation Corps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Education - Colleges and Universities - Texas A&M University
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - United States Armed Forces - United States Army
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945.
  • Keyword: oral histories
  • Keyword: biographies
  • Keyword: interviews
  • Named Person: Lagow, Charles Marshall

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas
  • Place Name: United States - Virginia - Fairfax County - Fort Belvoir
  • Place Name: Iran - Khuzestan Province - Khorramshahr
  • Place Name: Japan - Okinawa Prefecture
  • Coverage Date: 1909-11-04/2000-10
  • Time Period: new-sou
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: UNT Oral Histories
    Code: UNTOH
  • Name: Texas Oral History Collection
    Code: TOHC
  • Name: World War Two Collection
    Code: WWII

Institution

  • Name: UNT Oral History Program
    Code: UNTOHP

Rights

  • Rights Access: unt
  • Rights Statement: All rights reserved. To request a copy, contact the Oral History Program.

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: Number 1387
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1584975
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