Stafford, Darwin F. (Interview outline and video), 2007

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Title

Stafford, Darwin F. (Interview outline and video), 2007

Contributor

Collins Sr., Charles E. (Interviewer)
Collins, Carol (Interviewer)

Description

Darwin "Gabby" Stafford served in the United States Army during WW II in the Mechanized Calvary from January 1945 to June 1946 in Kansas and California. In this interview, Gabby discusses life on a farm during the Depression and the first time Social Security was introduced. He shares stories of his time in the Army including one about being treated to dinner at a chicken farm as a reward for returning a wallet, and being "volunteered" for kitchen duty while on the train to Fort Riles, Kansas. Gabby was a Mason for over 50 years.

Date

2007-05-15

Rights

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

StaffordD

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Stafford, Darwin F., “Stafford, Darwin F. (Interview outline and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29568.
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