Oral history interview with Allen E. Stafford, 1999 March 12.

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Oral history interview with Allen E. Stafford, 1999 March 12.

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Interview with Allen E. Stafford, an Army veteran (L Troop, 124th Cavalry), concerning his experiences as a demolitions expert in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Education in West Texas; his work as an oil well shooter in the West Texas oil fields, 1930s; enlistment in the Army, 1941; assignment to the 12th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas, 1941-43; transfer to the 124th Cavalry and assignment to Burma, 1943; combat against Japanese forces around Mong Wi and Myitkyina, Burma, 1943-45; his battle wound and evacuation, July, 1945; sundry readings from his personal journal.

75 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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