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Jose G. Sol

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Unit of Service: 9th Air Force
  • Location of Service: Paris, France; England; St. Petersburg, Florida; European Theater
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/14320

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"Joe DiMaggio and I were in the reception center together."

As a teenager, Jose Sol emigrated from his native El Salvador to San Francisco. Two years later, the U.S. entered World War II and Sol felt it his duty to register for the draft. When he was called up in December 1942, he got the thrill of his life when he ran into baseball legend Joe DiMaggio in the armed forces reception center. (DiMaggio was out of baseball for three season while he served.) Sol shipped out to England and landed in France shortly after D-Day. He saw his first and last combat action in the Ruhr Valley in February 1945, but before that, he met a very important person, an 18-year-old French girl who would become his wife after the war.

Jose G. Sol, Jr. Collection
Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Jose G. Sol, Jr. Collection

Names

  • Sol Jr., Jose G.
  • Jones, Gina
  • Veterans History Project
  • Library of Congress

Home State

  • Florida

Headings

  • -  Sol Jr., Jose G.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Hispanic

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Unit of Service: 9th Air Force
    • Location of Service: Paris, France; England; St. Petersburg, Florida; European Theater
    • Highest Rank: Private First Class
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected unknown)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [ item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2004-05-27; 2004)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/14320

Cite as

  • Jose G. Sol, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/14320), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

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Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Sol Jr., Jose G, Gina Jones, Veterans History Project, and Library Of Congress. Jose G. Sol, Jr. Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.14320/.

APA citation style:

Sol Jr, J. G., Jones, G., Veterans History Project & Library Of Congress. (1942) Jose G. Sol, Jr. Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.14320/.

MLA citation style:

Sol Jr., Jose G, et al. Jose G. Sol, Jr. Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.14320/>.