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- Name:
- Eugene J. Carrico
- State of Birth:
- IN
- Home State:
- MI
- Gender
- Male
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1941-1944
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Unit of Service
- Coast Artillery, Cannon Company
- Location of Service
- Fort Callen, California; San Diego, California; Fort Kronkite, California; San Francisco, California; Puerto de la Cruz, Venezuela; Curacao, Venezuela
- Highest Rank
- Corporal
- Service History Note
- The veteran indicates that he was honorably discharged in 1944 in order to take over the family farm after his father, brother and family friend were accidentally electrocuted. His mother could not farm, and the farm was raising food for the US Army.
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- Type of Resource:
- Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [13 items] -- Photograph
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Interviewer:
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Patricia Hyde
- Contributor:
-
Patricia Hyde
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/02363
- Subjects:
- Carrico, Eugene J.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army.
- Cite as:
- Eugene J. Carrico Collection
(AFC/2001/001/02363), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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