| Title: |
Art Bleimeyer
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Rice University. Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
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| Collection: |
Heights Remembers World War II Oral History Project
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| Description: |
When the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, seventeen-year-old Art Bleimeyer was more concerned about enrolling at Rice Institute than serving in the Army because the minimum draft age was twenty-one. By the time he finished his first year of college, however, all that had changed. The draft age was lowered to eighteen, and Mr. Bleimeyer was off to Fort Sam Houston by June 1943. Nonetheless, he was looking forward to going into the service. He recalls that he felt it was something every able-bodied person needed to do.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Bleimeyer, Art, 1924(?)-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1924
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Engineer; Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Europe; Japan; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Europe; History; Japan; Local history; North America; Oral history; Soldiers; United States; Veterans; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--War work; World War, 1939-1945--Women
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029655-32895
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