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Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 2 of 3), 2008
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Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 2 of 3), 2008
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Title
Vega
,
Francisco
M
.
(Interview
transcript
,
video
, and
papers
,
2
of
3)
,
2008
Creator
Vega
,
Francisco
M
.
Description
Francisco
Vega
was
born
in
San
Antonio
,
Texas
. He
tried
to
enlist
in the
military
immediately
after
Pearl
Harbor
, but was
initially
rejected
because
of his
Mexican
ancestry
. He
eventually
did
enlist
in the
Army
Air
Corps
, and
began
a
long
process
in
which
he
used
his
talents
and
persuasive
skills
to
find
increasingly
interesting
assignments
,
eventually
training
as a
teletype
operator
with a
signals
unit
that
landed
on
Omaha
Beach
on
D-Day
and was
eventually
part
of
Eisenhower’s
headquarters
.
Contributors
Smither
,
James
(Interviewer)
;
Byron
Area
Historic
Museum
(Byron
Center
,
Mich.)
;
BCTV
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Video recordings
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
United States. Army. Air Corps
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Language
eng
Rights
For information on copyright or permissions, please contact Grand Valley State University Special Collections at collections@gvsu.edu
Type
Moving Image; Text
Format
flv; pdf
Date
2008-03-07
Source
Veterans
History
Project
collection
,
RHC-27
Relation
Veterans
History
Project
(U.S.)
Contributing Institution
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401
Digital Identification
FVega2
OCLC number
678589708
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