Kenneth Pine World War II Interview

Kenneth Pine World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

United States. Army.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

Kenneth Pine was in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He served as a replacement in Italy and was assigned to the 276th Infantry Company I in France. He also served as a military policeman. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on June 30, 2006, Pine talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Pine was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on September 1, 1924. He attended Liberty Memorial High School and the University of Kansas. He took part in the Army Specialized Training Program at the KU to become an engineer. He then took classes at the University of Nebraska before being sent to Camp Robinson in Arkansas and Camp Rucker in Alabama.

Pine, Kenneth

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2006-06-30

Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/kenneth-pine-wwii-interview_202008

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211747

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

eng

Oral History

Kenneth_Pine WWII Interview

France

1941 - 1946

Johnston, Pattie

Pine, Kenneth

Lawrence (Kan.)

VHS

1:56:45

127 kbit/s (audio)

1621 kbit/s (video)