- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Jack W. Boone
- Creator:
- Boone, Jack W.
Boone, Jack Warren, 1922-2014 - Date of Original:
- 2006-02-08
- Subject:
- Landing craft
Kasserine Pass, Battle of, Tunisia, 1943
Silver Star
Quarantine
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944
Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944
Gibbs, George Wareham, 1907-1976
Great Britain. Army. Army, Eighth
Germany. Heer. Panzerarmeekorps Afrika
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 16th (1869-1957)
United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 7th. Battery C
Queen Mary (Steamship)
Warwick Castle (Transport ship)
Louis Pasteur (Ship)
New York Naval Shipyard
United States--Armed Forces--Leaves and furloughs - Location:
- Atlas Mountains, 32.0, -2.0
Italy, Sicily, 37.587794, 14.155048
Morocco, Casablanca, 33.5950627, -7.6187768
Sahara, 21.27027445, 6.81544019260422
Strait of Gibraltar, 35.95, -5.6
Tunisia, al Waslatiyah
Tunisia, Qaf?ah
United Kingdom, England, London, 51.50853, -0.12574
United Kingdom, England, Salisbury Plain, 51.2486531, -1.89348305217729
United Kingdom, Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Rosneath, 56.00985, -4.80151
United Kingdom, Scotland, Firth of Clyde, 55.66667, -5.0
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, Fort Benning, 32.35237, -84.96882
United States, Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Camp Livingston, 31.416973, -92.400298
United States, Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Buzzards Bay, 41.74538, -70.61809
United States, Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Camp Edwards, 41.65705, -70.54392
United States, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Harvard, Fort Devens, 42.5073, -71.66669
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
United States, Pennsylvania, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
United States, Vermont, Chittenden County, Colchester, Fort Ethan Allen Military Reservation (historical), 44.50556, -73.15028 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
vhs - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Jack Boone recalls his experiences in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served with an artillery unit in Africa. He describes his training and voyage to Europe, including describing zig-zag maneuvers to evade German submarines. While in England, he was chosen for commando training. His unit was selected for the raid on Dieppe, but didn't go because Canadian units were selected to go. His unit was sent to North Africa and he recalls his time there, including riding a train that had to stop regularly to sweep sand off the tracks. He describes his arrival home, where an attempt was made to quarantine the soldiers, and how no soldiers paid for drinks when they arrived in New York City. At the end of the war, he was training new recruits in Louisiana, where he met his future wife and opted to leave the Army.
Jack Boone was in the U.S. Army in North Africa during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/404
- 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:
- 42:43
- 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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