- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Paul Edward Benson
- Creator:
- Gardner, Robert D.
Benson, Paul Edward, 1920-2009 - Date of Original:
- 2004-10-14
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Transportation
Liberty ships
Landing craft
V-E Day, 1945
Segregation--United States
University of Iowa
American Legion
United States. Army. Officer Candidate School
United States. Army. Quartermaster Battalion, 559th. Service Company, 3210th, Company C
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps - Location:
- Belgium, Wallonia, Liège Province, Arrondissement of Liège, Liège, 50.63373, 5.56749
France, Cherbourg, 49.6425343, -1.6249565
Gibraltar, 36.13333, -5.35
Northern Africa, 32.95337, 9.97559
United Kingdom, England, Dover, 51.1251275, 1.3134228
United States, California, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino, 34.10834, -117.28977
United States, Florida, Clay County, Camp Blanding, 29.94686, -81.97324
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Iowa, Burlington, 40.8075391, -91.1129234
United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789
United States, Missouri, Pulaski County, Fort Leonard Wood, 37.70573, -92.15717
United States, Wyoming, Laramie County, F. E. Warren Air Force Base, 41.16634, -104.86275 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Paul Benson describes his Army service in a Quartermaster Corps in Europe during World War II. As a white officer commanding a black battalion, he was given responsibilities such as keeping supply and communications lines open during the Normandy invasion. He describes his basic and quartermaster's training. He describes his relationships with his enlisted men. Their first task after arriving in Europe was to offload wounded soldiers from D-Day from the Liberty ships which brought them back to England. Shortly after D-Day, they arrived in France. He recalls that they did "every odd job in the Army."
Paul Benson was an officer in the Quartermaster Corps in Europe during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/395
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 50:56
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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