15 min
WWII Veterans Ep. 2: Albert Wess, Pt. 1 Centre Point
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This new Centre Point podcast series features oral histories collected by Centre College students who took the course "America in the World Wars" with Assistant Professor of History Sara Egge. In Part 1 of Episode 2, Army veteran Albert Wess is interviewed by Adeel Ahmed '18 and discusses being part of the Red Ball Express, a famed Army unit that ran supplies to the front lines in Europe, as well as the discrimination he faced as an African-American serviceman during World War II.
This new Centre Point podcast series features oral histories collected by Centre College students who took the course "America in the World Wars" with Assistant Professor of History Sara Egge. In Part 1 of Episode 2, Army veteran Albert Wess is interviewed by Adeel Ahmed '18 and discusses being part of the Red Ball Express, a famed Army unit that ran supplies to the front lines in Europe, as well as the discrimination he faced as an African-American serviceman during World War II.
15 min