Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - World War I
Series Number: OH017
Interviewee: Hunt, Johnson
Interviewer: John Watson
Date interviewed: June 22, 1983
Processed by: Sheree Wise
Date processed: January 27, 2010
Description: 1 sound disc (32 minutes)
Abstract: Johnson Hunt, a World War I veteran, discusses his wartime experiences. Hunt was 27 years old when he was drafted in the United States Army in 1918. He received basic training at Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. Hunt belonged to the First Pioneer Infantry. Other topics discussed include; camp life; trips overseas; being on three different fronts during the war; contact with German prisoners; gas attacks; morale on the fronts; repairing roads; reaction of the men when the armistice was signed; being a member of the occupational forces in Germany; race relations; and the return home following the war.
Biographical / Historical note: Johnson Hunt, a resident of Mayfield, Kentucky, was ordered to Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky for basic training and then sent to a military camp located in South Carolina for specialized training. There he became a member of the First Pioneer Infantry. Hunt was ordered to New Jersey and transported to Brest, France. The war had ended prior to his arrival in Europe. He returned to Camp Taylor to be discharged from the service.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Camp Taylor, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
1st Pioneer Infantry
Brest, France
Newport News, Virginia
Mayfield, Kentucky
Research Notes: Abstract and incomplete transcription included with oral history.
