"SSgt. Charlie David Mitchell, U.S. Army Veteran of WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War"
Item
- Title
- "SSgt. Charlie David Mitchell, U.S. Army Veteran of WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War"
- Description
- This is a video interview conducted by researchers with the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. The man interviewed was U.S. Army SSgt. Charlie David Mitchell, who, after 23 years of service, retired from the military. Though he he served in WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, the subject of his discussions in this interview is primarily related to his experiences in WWII.
- Date
- 2009-10-01
- Source
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Charlie David Mitchell Collection
(AFC/2001/001/72746), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of
Congress. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.72746/. - Subject
- Racism
- Segregation
- WWII
- World War II
- USASF
- ASF
- Army Service Forces
- Negro soldier
- African American soldier
- colored soldier
- Jim Crow
- Camp Howze
- 3918th Quartermaster Gasoline Supply Company
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- drafted
- enlisted
- Staff Sergeant
- Sgt. Charlie David Mitchell
- Charlie David Mitchell
- General Patton
- single father
- widower
- Jim Crow
- discrimination
