Oral history interview with Desmond R. and Rose G. Tyler, 1999 June 09.

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Oral history interview with Desmond R. and Rose G. Tyler, 1999 June 09.

Interview with Desmond R. and Rose G. Tyler, an Army veteran (Quartermaster Corps) and his wife, concerning their experiences with German prisoners-of-war while stationed at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming, during World War II. Their courtship and marriage, 1942; Camp Callan, California, 1942-43; birth of their first child, August 2, 1943; Camp Davis, North Carolina, 1943-44; assignment to Fort Francis E. Warren, 1944; wartime rationing and housing shortages; his job as head of the Training Aids Branch and the use of POW labor; Nazi activities inside the POW compound; use of POW labor as household domestic help; POW living conditions; recreational and social activities for the base personnel; birth of their second child, February 11, 1946; his discharge from the Army, June, 1946.

43 leaves ; 29 cm.

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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World War II German Prisoners of War in the United States Oral History Project.

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Tyler, Rose G., 1916-

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Tyler, Desmond R., 1908-

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Marcello, Ronald E.

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