Oral History Interview with James Patton, August 9, 2002
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Interview with James H. Patton, Army veteran (501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division), concerning his experiences as a paratrooper in the European Theater during World War II. His youth in Du Bois, Pennsylvania; attendance at Lock Haven State Teachers College, Pennsylvania; enlistment in the Army, February, 1942; basic training, Camp Croft, Spartenburg, South Carolina, 1942; Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942; volunteering for the Airborne and parachute tr…
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Date:
August 9, 2002
Creator:
Lane, Peter B. & Patton, James
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UNT Oral History Program