title: Oral History Interview with Alvin Leos, October 27, 2010
creator: Leos, Alvin
contributor: Misenhimer, Richard
contributor: Conner, Janice
publisher: National Museum of the Pacific War
date: 2010-10-27
language: English
description: Transcript of an oral interview with Alvin Leos. Leos quit school
 in the seventh grade to work on a dairy farm to help the family earn money
 during the Great Depression. He entered the Army in 1940 and was stationed at
 Galveston, Texas in a coast artillery unit when war was declared in December,
 1941. Before long, his unit was assigned to coastal defense on New Hebrides.
 In 1944, he was sent back to the US where he trained recruits at Tyler, Texas.
 He then volunteered for a combat assignment and was attached to the First
 Cavalry Division prior to the invasion of the Philippines. Leos then describes
 patrols and enemy encounters on Luzon. When the war ended, Leos had enough
 points to go home. He eventually got assigned to the Second Armored Division
 at Fort Hood, Texas. Then, Leos discusses the time spent occupying Germany in
 the early 1950s. Leos moves back to discussing event that occurred while he
 was serving in the Philippines during WWII. He finishes by discussing visiting
 the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: People - Individuals
subject: Military and War - Wars - World War II
subject: Interviews
subject: Oral histories
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Autobiographies
subject: Biographies
subject: WWII
subject: United States. Army. Cavalry Division, 1st
subject: United States. Army. Coast Artillery
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Luzon
subject: United States. Army. Armored Division, 2nd
subject: Allied occupation, Germany, 1945-1955
rights: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
rights: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum
 of the Pacific War.
type: Text
format: 36 p.
format: Text
identifier: local-cont-no: OH03148
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth1605877/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1605877