- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Sidney L. Gall
- Creator:
- Lowance, David
Gall, Sidney L., 1917-2008 - Date of Original:
- 2006-03-27
- Subject:
- Intelligence officers
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Gall, Zelda Cohen, 1926-2011
Maxwell, James A., 1912-
United States. Army. Counter Intelligence Corps
University of Kentucky
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
United States. Office of Strategic Services
United States. War Department. Citizens' Military Training Camps
SCORE (Organization) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Indiana, Marion County, Fort Benjamin Harrison
United States, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, 37.98869, -84.47772
United States, Tennessee, Anderson County, Oak Ridge, 36.01036, -84.26964 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Sidney Gall recalls his time as a counter-intelligence officer during World War II. He worked for his father in the family store, earned a degree in economics, and held a captain's commission in the reserves. He recalls bowling with friends when the news came that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. He describes his training; he was sent to Chicago for counter-intelligence school. His duties included investigation of sabotage, espionage, violations of AR 380-5, which regulated confidentiality and secrecy within the government. He attended meetings and investigated people who wanted to work in secure locations as well as internees who wanted to be released from Japanese relocation centers on the West Coast. He recalls a story of working to break up a strike at a ball bearing plant and expresses his feelings on the atomic bomb. After the war, he returned to school as a Donovan Scholar.
Sidney Gall was a counterintelligence officer during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/175
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 50:55
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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