| Title: | Charles G. Helmick Oral History Interview |
| Creators: |
Helmick, Charles G.
Lennon, Donald R. Whitehorne, Joseph |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Extent: | 0.01 Cubic feet, 2 audiocassettes, 1.5 hours, 72 pages . |
1892-1939
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Charles G. Helmick Oral History Interview (#OH0052), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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Major General Helmick discusses his early life as the son of an Army officer, graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, artillery service in the Philippines (1913-1915) and along the Mexican border (1915-1916). W.W. I service in France and Germany is recounted as are peacetime assignments at Fort Benjamin Harrison and Fort Sill.
Interviews 1-3: 94 pages; Interview 4 is not transcribed
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