Charles W. Hair, Jr. Interview
World War II Oral Histories
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Interview
Place Covered: France, Germany
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2007-09-06
Duration: 00:15:15
Subjects: Pontoon bridges | Louisiana Maneuvers | Hair, Charles W., Jr. | World War II | Military | Veterans | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives | United States. Army | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe
Contributors:
- Hair, Charles W., Jr. Interviewee
- Lefebvre, Marian Interviewer
Description
An oral history interview conducted on September 6, 2007, with Charles W. Hair, Jr., a member of the 88th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion of the United States Army during World War II. He discusses: his unit’s role in transporting and building floating bridges for Patton’s Third Army in France and Germany; his unit’s participation in training exercises before the war, including the Louisiana Maneuvers; and their pre-war experiments with bridges in Yuma, Arizona.