WWII Mountain Memories:
Home Front to the Frontline

Testimonies of WWII Veterans and Civilians from Western North Carolina

 

Andrews

Ashe

Baker

Berdie

Blue

Bolinder

Branson

Buchanan

Bufflap

Caccavale M.

Caccavale P.

Calhoun

Cannon

Carringer

Case

Caylor

Chatfield

Colijn

Colton H.

Colton M.

Crabbe

Crawford

Cress

Culbreth

Dixon

Dunton

Edwinn

Ellis

Ensley

Feldman

Fox

Galbreath

Gaunt

Gennett Jr.

Ginn Jr.

Gray

Griffin R.

Griffin W.

Gudger

Hall

Hamblen

Harshaw

Hendricks

Hicks

Hilbert

Hoyle

Jewitt

Johnson

Katen

King

Kirkpatrick

Kreamer

Lamb

Lamprinakos

Lamy

Ledbetter

Leigon

Leslie

Lewis

Littlejohn

Lloyd

Longcoy

Martin

McAdams

McLewin

Metcalf

Meyers

Middleton D.

Middleton W.

Mitchell

Moody

Moore

Morgan

Murphy

Neilson

Norfleet

Ownby

Parks

Ponder

Popkin

Rathbun

Ray

Reed

Rice  

Roberts B.

Roberts L.

Robinson

Rogers

Rosenthal

Sanders

Sargeant

Schaill

Schmidt

Schochet

Sechler

Sher

Smathers

Smith

Smith

Starnes

Straus

Sultan

Sutton

Swaim

Tash

Taylor

Thompson

Tipton

Wellisch

Williams

Wolcott

Wright

Young

Youngdeer
 

Talmage Walter Middleton
BIOGRAPHY:
Title Talmage Walter Middleton Oral History
Creator Talmage Walter Middleton
Alt. creator Nancy Potts Coward
Subject Keyword Talmage Walter Middleton ; WWII ;  war ; military service ;
Subject LCSH World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Oral history
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe
Veterans -- United States -- Interviews
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Description  
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor  
Date Date digital: 2008-03-26
Type Text ;  Image ; Video
Format 10 page transcript ; 5 photographs ; 1 DVD
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/wwii/middleton_talmagehtm
Source OH WWII M53 T3 Middleton_Talmage
Language English
Relation Is part of:  WWII Mountain Memories: Home Front to the Frontline,Testimonies of WWII Veterans and Civilians from Western North Carolina . Is related to: War stories : remembering World War II / Elizabeth Mullener ; with a foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose
Coverage  
Rights No restrictions ;  Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville and the Center for Diversity Education. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Acquisition  
Processed by Center for Diversity Education ; Staff, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections
Interview date March 27, 2003
Interview location Webster, NC
SUMMARY/ LOG  
Summary of Interview with T. Walter Middleton

Interview date 03/27/2003

Interviewer: Nancy P. Coward

Interview Location: Webster, NC

 

Appalachian beginnings and draft call

803rd Engineers Battalion B. Company

Description of Bataan Death March and O'Donell Prison

Mountain expedition and unusual order he followed

Dr. Ishii

How he heard of Japanese surrender

The saber he made sure didn't disappear

How World War II shaped his life

PHOTOGRAPHS
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