Interview with Virgil Elliot, January 18, 1989

Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project

Interview Summary

served with 38th Tank Battalion (later transferred to Company B 192nd Tank Battalion)-- talks about reasons for joining the National Guard-- mentions OCS training at Fort Knox-- talks about reactions to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor-- personal reactions to the fall of Bataan-- reactions of the Harrodsburg Community to the fall of Bataan-- the Bataan Death March; talks about the backgrounds of several Kentucky soldiers-- comradery in the unit

Interview Accession

1989oh128_ww127

Interviewee Name

Virgil Elliot

Interviewer Name

Arthur L. Kelly

Interview Date

1989-01-18

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Elliot, Virgil Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 18 Jan. 1989. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Elliot, V. (1989, January 18). Interview by A. L. Kelly. American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Elliot, Virgil, interview by Arthur L. Kelly. January 18, 1989, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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