| Title: |
Wells, Ray W.
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Collection: |
Mississippi Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Mr. Ray William "Buck" Wells was born August 21, 1916, on a dairy farm three-fourths of a mile southwest of Mississippi Normal College (now The University of Southern Mississippi).
He was the third of four children born to Lemual Munford and Bessie Patison Wells.
Sometime around 1920 or 1921 he moved into Hattiesburg with his family. He lived in this house, located on Miller Street, until he entered military service in 1942. He served in the Pacific with the Navy Seabees in World War II.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohwellsr.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1997 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Wells, Ray William (Buck), 1916-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
21-Aug-1916
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
81
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| Document date: |
24-Apr-1997
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| Interviewer: |
Kight, Lawrence
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agriculture; Cities and towns--Mississippi; City and town life--Mississippi; Community; Local history; Mississippi; Mississippi--History; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025743-27670
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