- Collection:
- Fairfield High School Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Paul Prailleau
- Contributor to Resource:
- Emily Fox
- Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. Department of Oral History, University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2017-10-26
- Subject:
- Fairfield High School (Fairfield, S.C.)--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
Students--South Carolina--Fairfield County (S.C.)--Social life and customs
Segregation in education--South Carolina--History - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Fairfield County, 34.39511, -81.12123
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mp3
- Description:
- Paul Prailleau was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, where his father was a sharecropper. He graduated from Fairfield High School and was soon drafted and sent to Vietnam for the first of two tours of duty. He pursued an Army career and retired as a First Sergeant, E-9. This oral history interview with Paul Prailleau on October 26, 2017 includes discussion of growing up in Fairfield County, South Carolina, his early school experiences, jobs he held while out of school, working as a custodian at the University of South Carolina, meeting King Dixon and Alex Hawkins while working at USC, making the decision to go back to school, enlisting the help of the principal and teachers, getting good grades, receiving his draft notice in the mail, getting inducted into the army at Fort Jackson, his experiences in the Army before, during, and after the Vietnam War, Fort Benning, Georgia, encountering racism while in the Army, Advanced Infantry Training (AIT), and an anecdote about receiving praise from a four-star general.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.sc.edu/exhibits/fairfieldhighschool/paul-prailleau
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University of South Carolina. The transcript and audio are provided for individual research purposes only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction, and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Department of Oral History, University Libraries, University of South Carolina.
- Extent:
- 01:24:57
- Original Collection:
- Accession # EDLP 023
Fairfield High School Oral History Collection - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
-
