Donald N. Duvick transcript
Scope and Contents
Technician Fourth Grade Donald N. Duvick's oral history transcript describes his experiences as a company clerk with the 1265th Engineer Combat Battalion, Company B, of the United States Army. His experiences in Germany as a non-combatant illustrate other roles soldiers were assigned during World War II.
Dates
- Created: 1943-1946
- Other: Date acquired: 06/21/2006
Creator
- Duvick, Donald N. (Person)
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Biographical or Historical Information
Donald N. Duvick was born on December 18, 1924, in Sandwich, Illinois and spent much of his life before the war doing farm work. While at the University of Illinois, Duvick was drafted in June 1943. He enrolled in the Army Specialized Training Program but before he could finish he was taken out and sent to Camp Van Dorn for basic training with the 1265th Engineer Combat Battalion, Company B. He was chosen as a company clerk and arrived in Staffordshire, England in November of 1944. He completed more training and was sent to Bremen, Germany where he also helped rebuild damaged railroads and roads. Once the war ended he attended classes in France for a semester waiting for his discharge. He was discharged on April 6, 1946, as a Technician Fourth Grade. After the war, he returned to the University of Illinois and used the GI Bill to fund his education. Donald N. Duvick passed away on May 23, 2006.
Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Source of Acquisition
Donald N. Duvick
Method of Acquisition
Reichelt Oral History Project
- Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
- Bremen (Germany) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Camp Grant (Ill.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Van Dorn (Miss.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Fort Hood (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Illinois Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Military Discharge--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Payrolls Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sandwich (Ill.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Staffordshire (England) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 1265th Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Illinois at Chicago Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Food supply Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Donald N. Duvick transcript
- Author
- Julianna Witt
- Date
- 09/20/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
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