Oral History: Wallace Sullivan 6-Jan-15, 20150106.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

online resource (video file 0:35:07) : Sound, Colour

Place of Publication:

6-Jan-15,

Summary:

SSgt Wallace Sullivan was born November 21, 1922 in Amite, Louisiana. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1943 and completed his basic training at Camp Wolters in Texas. He was told he was going to Europe; however, his orders were changed and he was assigned to the 169th Regiment, 43rd Division in the Pacific. He made his first appearance in the Pacific at New Caledonia and remembered how hot the jungle was. He then went to New Guinea and from there saw combat in the Philippines. He was involved in the fighting at Stotsenberg Hills near Clark Field and remembers how several men died. When the war was over, he was one point short from coming home and was unable to return to the United States immediately; so, he was assigned to the occupying force in Japan. He recalls the Japanese were very friendly; however, much of Japan was destroyed. After the war he returned to Amite and opened a grocery store.

Notes:

Description based on online resource (viewed on 12 June, 2019).

Archive Reference: OH.3502.