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Leroy Addison was drafted into the Navy in 1944 and served until 1946 in the Twelfth Regiment. Interviewed by Joyce Sullentrop on Jun 20, 2006, Addison talked about military experiences in the Second World War. He was from Cimarron, Kansas. The 2005 Kansas Legislature passed a bill funding the WWII Veterans Oral History grant program. This transcript is from one of the nine community institutions that received these grants. The transcript from the interview is presented here; the original audio copy of the interview is available through the Gray County Veterans Memorial & Archives and through the Kansas State Historical Society.
Creator: Addison, Leroy
Date: 20 June 2006
Item Number: 211290
Call Number: World War II Oral Histories Project
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211290
Collections - Oral History - Kansas Veterans of World War II - Gray County Veterans Memorial & Archives
Date - 2000s - 2006
Military - Service - Navy
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Audio recording
Places - Cities and towns - Cimarron
Places - Counties - Gray
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Audio
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211290