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Lorenzo Wallace Interview

Newberry, James
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Oral history interview of WWII veteran Lorenzo Wallace.
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Born in Atlanta in 1919, Lorenzo Wallace graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and Morehouse College. In 1942 he joined the Marine Corps and shipped out to the Marshall Islands as a part of a radar group. After the war Wallace worked for the United States Postal Service and later served as doorkeeper and sergeant-at-arms for the Georgia State Senate. Wallace recorded his oral history interview at Kennesaw State University in December 2014.
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2017-09-29T20:28:58Z
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MHHE Oral History Program
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Wallace, Lorenzo., Video recordings, Military training., Racism--United States--History--20th century., United States. Marine Corps. Defense Battalion, 51st., World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area., Georgia. General Assembly. Senate., Oral histories., Transcripts.
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Lorenzo Wallace Interview, 2015-11-23, Legacy Series Oral History Program, 2013-, KSU/14/05/03/001, Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw State University.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11360/2233
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