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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Roger DuVal Baskette, Sr., 2003 January 27
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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Roger DuVal Baskette, Sr., 2003 January 27
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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Roger DuVal Baskette, Sr., 2003 January 27
Description
Title
Excerpt
1
from
oral
history
interview
with
Roger
DuVal
Baskette
,
Sr.
,
2003
January
27
Personal name
Baskette
,
Roger
DuVal
,
1924-
--Interviews
Corporate name
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
United States. Army. Chemical Mortar Battalion, 90th
Topical entry
Military History
World War II
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Tennessee--Nashville
Rationing--Tennessee--Nashville
Veterans--Tennessee--Interviews
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville (Tenn.)--Economic conditions
Description
An
excerpt
from an
oral
history
interview
with
Roger
DuVal
Baskette
,
Sr.
,
conducted
on
27
January
2003
by
Robert
P
.
Richardson
as
part
of the
Nashville
Public
Library's
Veterans
History
Project
.
Baskette
, a
gunner
in the
90th
Chemical
Mortar
Battalion
,
III
Corps
,
U.S
.
Army
from
1942-1946
,
discusses
his
feelings
about
entering
the
service
during
World
War
II
and how
everyone
at
home
in
Nashville
,
Tennessee
, was
supporting
the
war
effort
through
rationing
. The
complete
interview
, as
well
as a
transcript
,
is
available
in the
repository
.
Creator
Baskette
,
Roger
DuVal
,
1924-
(Interviewee)
;
Richardson
,
Robert
Price
,
1926-
(Interviewer)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
Shouse
,
Margie
(Transcriber)
Date
2003-01-27
Type
Sound
;
Oral
histories
Format
audio/mp3
(1.00
MB
;
1
min.
,
06
sec.)
Identifier
VHPBasketteR1aclip1
Source
Excerpted from: VHPBasketteR (VHP tapes 122 & 123) audio cassette recording converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Language
English
Relation
Veterans
History
Project
collection
,
World
War
II
series
Coverage
2000-2009
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
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