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O'Keefe, Doye L. b. 1922: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-OK2

Scope and Contents

PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCES IN WORLD WAR II O'Keefe, Commander of Springfield Area Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War 1982-86, discusses air bombing missions over Germany in WWII, being shot down in 1944, and his capture; life in a German prisoner of war camp at Stalag Luft IV; the forced march of American POW's; and life on the open roads of Germany in the declining days of WWII.

2 tapes, 180 mins., 20 pp. Interview by Glenn Kniss, 1985 OPEN See collateral file: photocopies of pictures, awards, statements, and articles of prisoners of war during WWII.

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Extent

2.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and memoir in the Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,3471

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Repository Details

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