- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Harris Montgomery Allen
- Creator:
- Lowance, David
Allen, Harris Montgomery, 1926-2011 - Date of Original:
- 2005-05-09
- Subject:
- Depressions--1929--South Carolina
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Allen, Crystal Qullian, 1936-
Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972
United States. Marine Corps. Special Services
Auburn University - People:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Clay County, Fort Gaines, 31.60924, -85.04933
United States, North Carolina, Onslow County, Jacksonville, Camp LeJeune, 34.6835109, -77.3414639212903
United States, South Carolina, Beaufort County, Parris Island, 32.3352, -80.69233
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Monty and Crystal Allen describe their World War II experiences. Mr. Allen recounts life in the Depression in South Carolina. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in June 1944 after studying for a year at Auburn University; he was at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina at the end of the war. Mrs. Allen relates civilian life and the level of patriotism she witnessed even as a child, and the distress she felt on learning about Nazi concentration camps. She recalls keeping up with news about the war through Life magazine.
Monty Allen was in the U.S. Marine Corps at the close of World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/375
- 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:
- 27:43
- 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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