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The HistoryMakers video oral history with David Brown
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with David Brown.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (10 video files (4 hr., 22 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Soldier David W. Brown was born on August 26, 1920, in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1943, three days after he and his wife were married, Brown was drafted into the United States Army. He was deployed during World War II with the 490th Port Battalion, 226 Port Company European Theater, where he served as a technician 4th Grade. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Brown landed on the shores of Utah Beach as allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy. In December, 1945, Brown received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Army. In 2009, Brown was awarded an Emmy plaque from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for contributing to the History Channel's program, A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day. In 2010, he was awarded France's Chevalier of the Legion of Honor medal, the highest decoration bestowed on those who have achieved remarkable deeds for France.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with David Brown
David Brown
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performers
Denise Gines, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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