Curtis William Dalton World War II Interview

Curtis William Dalton World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States

United States -- History, Military.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

Curtis William Dalton served as a Corporal in the Army Signal Corps in the Pacific during the Second World War. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on August 29, 2006, Dalton talked about his experience working as a teletype maintenance technician in Hollandia, New Guinea during the war. Prior to being sent to New Guinea, Dalton was stationed at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Johnston also interviewed Cleda (Haight) Dalton. Curtis and Cleda married on June 22, 1941. Cleda reflected on life in Lawrence during the war. Following the war, Curtis was discharged and worked at the Lawrence Paper Company until he retired in 1985. He passed away on June 13, 2012. Cleda passed away on December 2, 2016.

Dalton, Curtis

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2006-08-29

Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/dalton-curtis-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=curtis-w-dalton&pid=158047279

Obituary (Cleda Dalton): https://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=cleda-dalton&pid=182976562&fhid=24990

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

eng

Oral History

Dalton_Curtis WWII Interview

New Guinea

1938 - 1945

VHS

0:55:29

127 kbit/s (audio)

1625 kbit/s (video)

Johnston, Pattie

Dalton, Curtis

Dalton, Cleda

Lawrence (Kan.)