Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part II: Interview with Lyman C. Irrgang

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part II: Interview with Lyman C. Irrgang (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Lyman C. Irrgang was born Brighton Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota in 1923. He went to school in Brighton Township and later in Nicollet. During the Great Depression he lived with his family on a farm, and later served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He continued in the Navy following the war, and served in Connecticut, California, and Hawaii. Following retirement from the Navy he returned to Nicollet where he served as Postmaster until 1972. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Life and growing up in rural on a farm during the Great Depression in rural southern Minnesota; early schooling; the Armistice Day blizzard of 1940; enlistment in the U.S. Navy and service in the Pacific Theatre; his eyewitness account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; service in Australia and following the World War II.

Dates

• 03/04/2006 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Irrgang, Lyman

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 115
• Accession Number: AV2008.26.18

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part II' <OH 115>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassettes 21 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 95 minutes length

Subjects

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