Oral history interview with Hugh W. Calvert, 2003 September 10.

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Oral history interview with Hugh W. Calvert, 2003 September 10.

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Interview with Hugh W. Calvert, an Army veteran (112th Cavalry, Texas National Guard), concerning his experiences as an officer in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth during the Great Depression; ROTC at Texas A&M College and commissioning as a second lieutenant in the cavalry; ordered to active duty with the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, February, 1941; assignment to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron; his transfer to Troop A, 112th Cavalry, Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas; tank school at Fort Knox, Kentucky; transfer to Service Troop; assignment to New Caledonia; shift from being a horse cavalry unit to an infantry unit; assignment to Woodlark Island, 1943; operations on Arawe; Driniumor River Campaign; rotation back to the States.

90 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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