- Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Ken Markham, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 1999 May 20
- Creator:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bush, Tom
Livingston, Mayo - Publisher:
- Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Date of Original:
- 1999-05-20
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Veterans--Georgia;World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 1st
United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 3rd
United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 4th
World War 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--North Africa
World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Sicily
World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Anzio
World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Salerno - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ken Markham recounts his WWII experiences as a member of Darby's Rangers, an elite fighting unit, with missions in North Africa, and fighting in the battles of Sicily, Salerno and Anzio in Italy. He was captured, escaped in Italy en route to prison in Munich, was re-captured, and spent prison time in Munich and Berlin until the end of the war in Europe. Funding for the SWGRL WWII Veterans Project provided by the Thomas M.
and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust. Funding for digitization of the interviews provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service. - Local Identifier:
- 31052005372549
https://youtu.be/-cg6cIo3Z6o - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhs_wvp_-cg6cio3z6o
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhs_wvp_-cg6cio3z6o
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Ken Markham
- Extent:
- 53 minutes
- Original Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Holding Institution:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
