Oral history interview with Lemuel L. La Rue, 2004 April 14.

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La Rue, Lemuel L., 1923-. Oral history interview with Lemuel L. La Rue, 2004 April 14.

Oral history interview with Lemuel L. La Rue, 2004 April 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430828374

Interview with Lemuel L. La Rue, accountant and Army veteran (Headquarters, 379th Field Artillery Battalion, 102nd Infantry Battalion), concerning his experiences as an air forward observer in the European Theater during World War II. His early education and coping with the Great Depression; his decision to join the Oklahoma National Guard at age fifteen in 1938; Louisiana Maneuvers of 1940; mobilization of the 45th Division, Oklahoma National Guard, September 15, 1940; Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941; Officer Candidate School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1942; his volunteering for training as a forward liaison pilot; training at Hartlee Field, Denton, Texas, 1943; flying the L-4 Piper Cub; meeting his future wife, Beth Taylor, in Denton, 1943; thirty-day advanced training course at Fort Sill, 1943; assignment to the 102nd Infantry Division and additional training at Camp Maxey, Paris, Texas; Louisiana Maneuvers of 1943; his marriage to Beth Taylor, April 25, 1944; landing in France, September, 1944; comments about the French black market; assignment to Maastricht, Holland, November 1, 1944; relations with Dutch civilians; various missions as a forward liaison; being shot down by a German fighter, January 1, 1945; the death of his forward artillery observer; his recovery from a fractured skull and injuries from other shell fragments; his return to the States from England, March, 1945; his postwar education and career.

91 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT