Digital Collections

You can suggest corrections to the following fields for item Alcumbrack, Lester (Interview outline and video), 2008.

You can also leave general comments or suggestions in the "comments" section. An administrator will review your contribution.

Thank you for taking the time to improve this site!

Comments

Please describe the nature of this correction, or anything about it that we should know. Thanks!

Can we contact you?

Check this box if it is okay for us to contact you about this correction.

Contributor

An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource

Current data for Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Creator

An entity primarily responsible for making the resource

Current data for Creator

Alcumbrack, Lester

Date

A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource

Current data for Date

2008-02-28

Description

An account of the resource

Current data for Description

Lester Alcumbrack was drafted into the army in 1942. Les became very sick during basic training, and became a truck driver. He trained as a fuel truck driver and received amphibious training. He began duty in Scotland and Wales prior to the Normandy Invasion, and continued to serve as a truck driver in France and Germany during and after the Invasion. After the German surrender, he spent his last months working with a refrigeration unit delivering food to US occupation troops.

Source

A related resource from which the described resource is derived

Current data for Source

Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)

report a problem with this page

Digital Collections

Address

Contact

Social Media