Archie Smith video oral history interview
| Title | Archie Smith video oral history interview |
|---|---|
| Subject | Smith, Archie R. |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | |
| Description | Video oral history interview with Archie Smith, staff sergeant for the U.S. Army's 778th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion in the European theater during World War II. Included are his stories of service in Verdun in France and the North African country of Sudan, and in the Battle of the Bulge operating a maintenance truck running parts and supplies along the Western Front and repairing half-track vehicles, GMC trucks, and Jeeps for his battalions. Recorded April 22, 2001 for Dr. Kathren Brown's World War II history course in the Department of History at Bowling Green State University. Interview conducted by Craig Smith. Closed captions are included, as is a copy of Smith's honorable discharge from the Army. |
| Creator | Bowling Green State University. Department of History |
| Smith, Archie R. | |
| Smith, Craig J. | |
| Source | History 303 World War II oral histories; MS-0871; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Date | 2001-04-22 |
| 1946-01-11 | |
| Rights |
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| Format | Oral histories |
| Records (Documents) | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | ms00871_b004_video_smitharchie_access_trimmed |
| ms00871_b004_video_smitharchie_s00001 | |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/35549 | |
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| France | |
| Germany | |
| Sudan | |
| Temporal Coverage | 1942-1946 |
| Rights Holder | Smith, Archie R. |
| Smith, Craig J. | |
| Type | Moving Image |
| Original Format | VHS |
| Duration | 33:14 |
