Oral History Interview with Willard LaCounte, June 9, 2016 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Willard LaCounte, June 9, 2016

Creator

  • Interviewee: LaCounte, Willard
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Misenhimer, Richard
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Misenhimer, Gayle
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2016-06-09

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Willard LaCounte. LaCounte was drafted into the Army in September, 1943 and trained as an antiaircraft artilleryman at Camp Haan, California. In late 1943 he was assigned to the 118th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion as a jeep driver in an industrial section of England and recalls defending it against German air raids. He landed at Normandy one day after the invasion. His unit eventually set up in Holland and shot down buzz bombs heading across the Channel. After the war LaCounte helped arrange R&R trips for soldiers.
  • Physical Description: 36 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: United States. Army. Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 118th
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- England
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
  • Keyword: V-1 bomb
  • Keyword: V-2 rocket
  • Keyword: Allied occupation, Germany, 1945-1955

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Willard LaCounte, June 9, 2016 - ark:/67531/metapth1610690

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH04606
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1607043
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