Russell L. Swygman oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

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Russell L. Swygman oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778804902

The interview provides information and personal observations about Swygman's experiences: rifleman replacement to Company K of the 86th Infantry Regiment; crossing the Po River, Lake Garda in Italy; five week cycles the training replacement troops went through; being stationed at Camp Carson, Colo. after the war; discharge from Camp Swift, Tex.

1 videodisc (17 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (17 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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