- Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Loyd Poitevint, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 1999 February 16
- Creator:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bush, Tom
Livingston, Mayo - Publisher:
- Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Date of Original:
- 1999-02-16
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
United States. Navy
LST
World War, 1939-1945--France
World War, 1939-1945--Guam
World War, 1939-1945--Okinawa
V-J Day, 1945 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Loyd Poitevint recounts his WWII experiences as helmsman on a landing ship, tank (LST) carrying replacement troops to Normandy, France after D-Day and later on LST-1045 (ship) carrying ammunition and fuel to Guam and Okinawa in the Pacific. 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:
- 31052005372697
https://youtu.be/v0HFnqOkTRU - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhs_wvp_v0hfnqoktru
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhs_wvp_v0hfnqoktru
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Loyd Poitevint
- Extent:
- 40 minutes
- Original Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Holding Institution:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
