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Patton, Leonard b. 1924: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-P278L

Scope and Contents

PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCES IN WORLD WAR II Leonard Patton, first Commander of the Springfield area Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War 1975-79, discusses joining the Army, his service in WWII, capture by the Germans, internments at Camp XIIA and Pritzwalk Labor Camp, forced march and effects of being a POW.

1 tape, 90 mins., 26 pp. Interview by Glenn Kniss, 1985 OPEN See collateral file

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2.00 items

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English

Related Materials

Interview and memoir in the Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,3530

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

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