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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sgt. Johnny Holmes
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sgt. Johnny Holmes.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 2 min., 53 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Military officer Johnny Alfred "Bobo" Holmes was born on September 3, 1921 in Alliance, Ohio. Holmes joined the Army in 1939. He was recruited for the all black 761st Tank Battalion and served as a "Black Panther" Sergeant. Beginning in November 1944, the 761st Tank Battalion under General Patton's command engaged the enemy for 183 straight days, spearheading many of Patton's offensives at the Battle of the Bulge and six European countries. The 761st whose motto was "Come out fighting" defeated 6,000 enemy soldiers, capturing thirty towns. In 1945, they liberated Jewish prisoners from concentration camps. In 1946, Holmes returned to private life working for the City of Chicago as the 761st was forgotten. A black veteran, Sergeant William Alexander Scott III, documented the record of the 761st prompting Holmes and the Panthers to be honored by the United States Memorial Council. Holmes passed away on March 22, 2013 at age 91.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Sgt. Johnny Holmes
Sgt. Johnny Holmes
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Larry Crowe, 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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