William A. Farrow Jr. oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

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William A. Farrow Jr. oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

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The interview provides information and Farrow's personal observations about being a high school skier in SW Colo. who signed up for the Army Specialized Training Program at Camp Walter, Tex. so he could train to be an engineer. The program was soon canceled after his arrival and Farrow requested that he join the 10th Mountain Division. He discusses his training at Camp Hale, first in the machine squad, later as a radioman, before being switched to working with the animal section. Farrow left for Italy aboard the USS America and was assigned to a unit that replaced Brazilian troops at Riva Ridge. He considers himself fortunate to have worked as a liaison with adjacent troops and was only in the line of fire once. Farrow was at Lake Garda when WWII ended, and during his return to the US, remembers atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

1 videodisc (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (26 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.) +1 envelope

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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