Oral History Interview with Val L. McGee, 2003 Jul. 24.

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Oral History Interview with Val L. McGee, 2003 Jul. 24.

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McGee interviewed by Jason Searcy on July 24, 2003 at McGee's home in Ozark, Ala. Searcy conducted this interview to fulfill an assignment in the class HIS 4470, Oral History, Troy State University Dothan, Summer Semester, 2003. Interview donated by McGee and Searcy to the Archives of Wiregrass History and Culture Veterans History Project. McGee discusses his pre- and post-military life, enlistment and training, deployment to England then continental Europe in 1944. His division, 66th, lost over 750 men when a German U-boat torpedoed the transport, S.S. Leopoldville, near Cherbourg on Christmas Eve, 1944. McGee also discusses his combat experience and occupation of Austria to 1946, service in Korea, and pre-World War II politics that led to the building of Fort Rucker, Ala.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 70 min.) : analog.

Troy University Dothan, Troy University Dothan Campus Library

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Troy University Dothan, Troy University Dothan Campus Library

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