Oral History Interview with Zedic Colbert, May 16, 2007
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Zedic Colbert. Colbert worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1940 working road construction and fighting forest fires. In August of that same year he joined the Army, assigned to a special weapons platoon in the 1st Cavalry Division. He provides vivid details of training as an infantryman, including working with horses. He traveled to Australia in July of 1943, and later to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Ph…
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Date:
May 16, 2007
Duration:
1 hour 52 minutes 43 seconds
Creator:
Colbert, Zedic
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation