NHF_WC_2016_Westcott_Wickes
2016 June 22
Wickes Westcott was born September 6, 1923 in Chestertown, Maryland. Having graduated high school as the war began, Wickes discusses his enlistment and service in the Pacific front, as well as a description of Chestertown before and during wartime. He also discusses German POWs near Chestertown, and discusses his reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, VJ Day, and other important moments of WWII.
Digital
English
1h 32m 36s
Wickes Westcott, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland
Interview was recorded by Andrew Darlington, Michelle Ramstack, and Teddy Connell for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American