Glen Freeman World War II Interview

Glen Freeman World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

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

United States. Army.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.

Glen E. Freeman served in the United States Army (1371st Infantry, Company H) from 1940 to 1945. Interviewed by Deborah Pye on July 5, 2006, Freeman talked about his military experiences during the Second World War. Freeman was born in Kansas on December 23, 1921. He joined the National Guard in 1939 and the Army in 1940. He went to the South Pacific in 1942. He spent time in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, the Fiji Islands, New Hebrides, and the Philippine Islands. He took part in major battles in Guadalcanal and in the Leyte Gulf. Freeman was discharged in 1945. He passed away on January 25, 2011.

Freeman, Glen E.

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2006-07-05

Pye, Deborah

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/freeman-glenn-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://www2.ljworld.com/life-events/obituaries/2011/jan/27/glen-freeman-sr/

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

Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211945

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

Freeman_Glenn WWII Interview

Solomon Islands

1940 - 1945

VHS

0:59:00

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Pye, Deborah

Freeman, Glen E.

Lawrence (Kan.)