- Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Austin Connell, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 2006 February 9
- Creator:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bush, Tom
Livingston, Mayo - Publisher:
- Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Date of Original:
- 2006-02-09
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
United States. Marine Corps
Military training
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area
American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Austin Connell recounts his WWII experiences as a marine in anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns stationed in the Pacific theater. During his 30 years in the Marine Corps his service covered WWII, Korea and Vietnam. 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:
- 31052006376622
https://youtu.be/oodX0kpLxu0 - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhs_wvp_oodx0kplxu0
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhs_wvp_oodx0kplxu0
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Austin Connell
- Extent:
- 26 minutes
- Original Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Holding Institution:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
