| Title: |
Russell Mack Baldwin
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/3541
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
Growing up in an idyllic suburb of Cleveland, Russell Baldwin had just opened practice as a licensed optometrist in October 1941 when he was drafted. The army wasn't much interested in his specialty, and he became a member of a bridge building battalion. His unit landed in the second wave after D-Day, when danger was still prevalent. Baldwin survived several close shaves only to be captured by the retreating Germans, who abandoned him after a month. Back home, he found that his parents had rented his bedroom to a college student, and the two eventually shared their own room after they were married.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Baldwin, Russell Mack, 1916-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1916
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Cleveland, OH; Ohio; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel; Optometrist
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Swope, Tom
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Austria; Belgium; Europe; France; Germany; Netherlands; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Austria; Belgium; Bridges; D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944; Europe; France; Germany; Netherlands; North America; Oral history; Prisoners of war; U.S. Army; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025828-27755
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