Interview with Marvin J. Thacker, April 23, 2011

Project: Student Projects: LIS 642: Library and Information Science Students Oral History Project

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Marvin J. Thacker discusses his enlistment in World War II. Thacker recalls the Invasion of Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, the German surrender, and the Japanese surrender. Thacker also discusses reasons for enlistment, stories of fellow soldiers from combat, and what it was like to adjust to life post-war.

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2017oh839_sp095

Interviewee Name

Marvin J. Thacker

Interviewer Name

Daniel Weddington

Interview Date

2011-04-23

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Thacker, Marvin J. Interview by Daniel Weddington. 23 Apr. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Thacker, M.J. (2011, April 23). Interview by D. Weddington. Student Projects: LIS 642: Library and Information Science Students Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Thacker, Marvin J., interview by Daniel Weddington. April 23, 2011, Student Projects: LIS 642: Library and Information Science Students Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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