Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - World War I
Series Number: OH003
Interviewee: Caldwell, Frank, 1896-
Interviewer: Bill Peyton
Date interviewed: September 21, 1979
Processed by: Sheree Wise
Date processed: January 14, 2009
Description: 2 sound discs (1 hour, 23 minutes)
Abstract: Frank Caldwell discusses his experiences during the First World War. He describes basic training camps, the condition of France and the French people during the war and the outbreak of spinal meningitis. Caldwell mentions the feelings toward Americans at home and his feelings after the war. He also describes the flood of Paducah, Kentucky in 1937.
Biographical / Historical note: Frank Caldwell was born in 1896 in McCracken County, Kentucky. His father, Chris Caldwell, was a sharecropper in Ballard County, Kentucky. He was drafted into the service on July 29, 1919. He went to Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. He was one of the first in the 801 Division. He went from Camp Taylor to New Jersey then on to New York. He later boarded a ship that landed in Brest, France.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
World War I
Caldwell, Frank
Camp Taylor
Louisville, Kentucky
New Jersey
New York
Brest, France
Research Notes: Not applicable.
