Clyde Smith Barr Collection
loc.natlib.afc2001001.12929
Barr
Clyde Smith
interviewee
WV
WV
This interview was conducted by Veterans History Project volunteers on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the National World War II Reunion: Tribute to a Generation, May 27-30, 2004. Interviews in this group range from one minute to 25 minutes in length.
Male
White
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.12929/
World War, 1939-1945
Veteran
1943-1945
Enlisted
Army Air Forces/Corps
824th Bomb Squadron, 484th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force
Harrison, Indiana; Greensborough, North Carolina; Laredo, Texas; Boise, Idaho; Newport News, Virginia; Italy; Germany; European Theater
Staff Sergeant
Yes
The veteran was held as a prisoner of war (POW) at Moosburg, Germany and at four other camps. His camp was liberated on 04/29/1945 by General George S. Patton's 3rd Army.
Audio
Audio Cassette
item
Oral history interview
05/27/2004
Audio
CD
1 item
Reference copy
05/27/2004
Photograph
Photographic print
2 items
Photograph
[1945]
Buscher
Michael
interviewer
Veterans History Project
contributor
Library of Congress
contributor
AFC/2001/001/12929
Barr
Clyde Smith
World War, 1939-1945
Personal Narratives
United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
Prisoner of War
United States
Clyde Smith Barr Collection (AFC/2001/001/12929), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
DLC-AFC
2004-09-15
2023-08-28
loc.natlib.afc2001001.12929
Clyde Smith Barr Collection
2004
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/12929
mixed material
sound recording-nonmusical
sound recording-nonmusical
still image
Barr, Clyde Smith
Barr, Clyde Smith
Harrison, Indiana [service location]
Greensborough, North Carolina [service location]
Laredo, Texas [service location]
Boise, Idaho [service location]
Newport News, Virginia [service location]
Italy [service location]
Germany [service location]
European Theater [service location]
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
Prisoner of War--United States
Veterans History Project