- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Joseph Searcy
- Creator:
- Luton, Frank
Searcy, Joseph, 1937- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2017-03-10
- Subject:
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
African Americans--Employment--Georgia--Atlanta
United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
Varsity (Atlanta, Ga.)
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 24th
United States. Army. Engineer Battalion, 3rd - Location:
- Korea, 37.663998, 127.978458
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, 33.04066, -84.68831
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Fort Jackson, 34.04757, -80.83335 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Joseph Searcy recalls his experiences serving in the United States Army at the end of the Korean War. He remembers his growing up years as one of ten children raised in Meriwether County, Georgia. He had difficulty finding employment after leaving school, but his uncles were serving in the military and they encouraged him to join. He served in Korea for a year as a replacement soldier. He describes the poverty, destruction, and hunger that he witnessed there, particularly the children he saw begging along the roads as troop trains passed by. He recalls his training and the tough drill sergeant who taught him self-discipline. He describes his duties serving with the combat engineers and in the Quartermaster Corps. He recalls meeting and marrying his wife; his post-military career as a plasterer, working in high rise buildings in Atlanta. He reflects on his Army service and the friendships he made there.
Joseph Searcy served in the United States Army at the end of the Korean War. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/822
- 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:
- 28:37
- 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:
-
