Oral history interview with Harve D. King, 2001 May 22.

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Oral history interview with Harve D. King, 2001 May 22.

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Interview with Harve D. King, Army veteran (Company B, 350th Engineer Regiment), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in segregated East Texas; his move to Denton, Texas, in 1933 and his education at Frederick Douglass school; enrollment at Texas College, 1939, on a football scholarship; induction into the Army, July, 1942; basic training at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1942; life in the segregated Army; relations between white officers and black troops; construction training at Camp Shelby, 1942-43; assignment to Hollandia, New Guinea, January, 1943; race relations overseas; camp construction; hospital construction; promotion opportunities; recreational activities; transfer to Guadalcanal, 1945; leave time in Australia; return to the States and his postwar career in education.

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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