Oral history interview with Lewis B. Harned, 2001.

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Oral history interview with Lewis B. Harned, 2001.

Lewis B. Harned, a Madison, Wisconsin native, discusses his World War II service as a volunteer ambulance driver with the American Field Service attached to the 8th British Army, his Korean War service as a surgeon with the Air Force, and his Wisconsin Army National Guard service as commander of the 13th Evacuation Hospital during Operation Desert Storm.

Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 72 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Videorecording : 1 videocasette (ca. 72 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 72 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 46 p.Military papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

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