Interview with Fredrick W. Balke, May 13, 2002

Project: Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Fredrick W. Balke, born in Louisville, Ky on August 20, 1922, served in the Navy Seabees during W.W. II. Balke entered the service November 6, 1942 and was discharged November of 1945. Balke was a member of the 71st Battalion and spent time in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Okinawa.

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2012oh105_ochs007

Interviewee Name

Fredrick W. Balke

Interviewer Name

Ken Snell

Interview Date

2002-05-13

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Balke, Fredrick W. Interview by Ken Snell. 13 May. 2002. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Balke, F.W. (2002, May 13). Interview by K. Snell. Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Balke, Fredrick W., interview by Ken Snell. May 13, 2002, Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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