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Seaman Leatherwood served in the Navy during World War II. Interviewed by Joyce Suellentrop on Oct 17, 2004, Leatherwood talked about military experiences in the Second World War. 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: Leatherwood, Leo W.
Date: 17 October 2004
Item Number: 211398
Call Number: World War II Oral Histories Project
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211398
Collections - Oral History - Kansas Veterans of World War II - Gray County Veterans Memorial & Archives
Date - 2000s - 2004
Military - Service - Navy
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Audio recording
People - African Americans - Discrimination - Segregation
Places - Cities and towns - Cimarron
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Gray
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Audio
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