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Title
James
Abraham
Subject
Oral
history
recordings
;
World
War
II--Personal
Narratives
;
United
States
;
Army
National
Guard
;
Army
Reserve
;
Riot
control
Time Period
1930s
;
1940s
;
1950s
;
1960s
;
1970s
Place
Athens
(Ohio)
;
Camp
Crowder
(Mo.)
;
Normandy
(France)
;
Nancy
(France)
;
Liverpool
(England)
;
Gahanna
(Ohio)
Description
Brigadier
General
James
Abraham
was
born
in
Athens
,
Ohio
on
November
21
,
1922
. He
enlisted
in the
Army
after
the
bombing
of
Pearl
Harbor
at
Fort
Hayes
in
Columbus
,
Ohio
. He
completed
basic
and
advanced
training
at
Camp
Crowder
,
Missouri
.
After
that, he was
sent
to
Camp
Shenango
in
Youngstown
,
Ohio
where
he would
wait
until
being
shipped
to
Liverpool
,
England
where
he
served
in the
32-55th
Joint
Assault
Company
which
was an
Intelligence
Unit
. He would
later
arrive
on
Omaha
Beach
in
Normandy
,
France
soon
after
D-Day
.
James
Abraham
served
time
in
Normandy
,
France
,
Nancy
,
France
, the
Ardennes
Mountains
,
Frankfort
,
Germany
,
Austria
,
Belgium
, and
Czechoslovakia
.
After
he
came
home
,
James
Abraham
served
in the
Ohio
National
Guard
and was a
part
of the "
Riot
Battallion
" for a
number
of
years
. He would
leave
the
Ohio
National
Guard
for a
time
to
become
an
ROTC
instructor
for a
bit
,
before
returning
again
to the
Ohio
National
Guard
. In this
video
,
James
Abraham
discusses
what
it
was
like
for him
growing
up
,
basic
training
,
combat
in
Europe
, his
time
in the
Ohio
National
Guard
, the
Riot
Battallion
, and
life
after
the
military
.
Disclaimer
for
Historical
Materials
: This
item
may
contain
offensive
language
,
ideas
or
negative
stereotypes
reflecting
the
culture
or
language
of a
person
,
period
or
place
. The
Ohio
Historical
Society
is
presenting
these
items
as
part
of the
historical
record
.
Creator
Ohio
Historical
Society
Date of Original
April
4
,
2008
Collection
Oral
History
Collection
Source
http://www.ohiohistoryhost.org/itow/JamesAbraham.html
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
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MovingImage
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video
is
1920*1080*30fps
(35Mbps)
HD
video
with
uncompressed
PCM
audio
.
Access
file
is
480*270*15fps
(72Kbps)
video
with
32Kbps
mp3
audio
.
Image Height
270
Image Width
480
Media Type
FLV
Format
video
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