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SL-495, SL-496, SL-497 - Niles W. Drage, 15 February 2002

 Item — cassette: 495-497

Scope and Contents

Drage (b. 1923) grew up in Salina, Utah. He was drafted into the Army in March 1942, and took basic training at Camp Sibert, Alabama. He was sent to Alaska to work on the Alcan Highway, then returned to Oregon for additional training before shipping to Europe as part of the 35th Combat Engineers. Drage participated in the D-Day invasion on Omaha Beach and continued in combat to within 25 miles of Berlin before the war ended. He was in Europe for occupation duty before being shipped back to the states for discharge on in 1945. After the war, he worked for Geneva Steel for more than 30 years. Interviewed by Benjamin J. Bahlmann.

Dates

  • 15 February 2002

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. All items have been digitized and are available. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Extent

From the Collection: 769 Audiocassette

Physical Description

genreform: audiocassette

Physical Facet

sound

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Tape 1 Side 1: 00:46:05

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Tape 1 Side 2: 00:46:08

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Tape 2 Side 1: 00:46:15

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Tape 2 Side 2: 00:44:56

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Tape 3 Side 1: 00:46:12

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Tape 3 Side 2: 00:47:17

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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