Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Wilbert LeRoy Bartlett

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Wilbert LeRoy Bartlett (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Wilbert LeRoy Bartlett was born in 1921 in Missouri. In 1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. His duty was training new recruits for military service. He was transferred to an engineer aviation battalion and sent to Istres, France. In 1946, Bartlett returned to the United States and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant. He married in 1947. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Being drafted into the Army from college; experience being stationed in a segregated unit; serving as a training instructor for new recruits; difference in segregation in the south; serving abroad but never in combat; interacting with German prisoners of war in France; traveling experiences; crossing the Atlantic on a Liberty ship; looking back at how the Army has impacted his life.

Dates

• 10/28/2002 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Bartlett, Wilbert LeRoy
• interviewer: Saylor, Thomas

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 112
• Accession Number: AV2006.1.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I' <OH 112>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 46 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 108 minutes length

Subjects

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