Oral history interview with Hughie Butler [sound recording], 1982 October 28.

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Oral history interview with Hughie Butler [sound recording], 1982 October 28.

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Hughie Butler was a resident of Fulton, Kentucky who served in the United States Navy during the First World War. He was inducted into the Navy at age 18 on May 5, 1918. He attended basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago, Illinois. He was transferred from one camp to another before he was stationed at Camp Ross at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He then took a train from New York to New Jersey to board the ship U.S.S. Leviathan to go to Brest, France. A train took him to Trompeloup, France where they were building a naval air station. He worked in the medical corps in the Pulliac region of France. He returned aboard the U.S.S. Imperitor.

2 sound disc (1 hour, 37 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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