Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Lawrence Brown

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Lawrence Brown (Supplied title)

Description: INFORMATION: Lawrence Brown was born in 1919 in Minnesota. He was working in the Twin Cities when drafted into the Army in 1942. He was assigned to a segregated ordinance ammunition company and served with his unit in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. A nearly fatal truck crash ended his time on base. He was hospitalized for more than a year for broken bones and nerve damage and was discharged in 1946 with the rank of a Staff Sergeant. Lawrence returned to Minnesota and used his GI Bill benefits to attend a Minnesota university. He married in 1956, raised three children, and worked as a tax agent. He later lived in Uganda for two years with his family and worked again in private industry upon his return to the United States. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Dealing with segregation in the Army; serving in the 604th Ordinance Company with all blacks; experience in the North Africa invasion; serving as service troops delivering supplies in Italy; prostitution and alcoholism in the Army; going through a fatal injury and how he coped with his situation; importance of education for him.

Dates

• 05/29/2003 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Brown, Lawrence
• interviewer: Saylor, Thomas

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 112
• Accession Number: AV2006.1.5

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 38 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 103 minutes length

Subjects

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