Name/Title
Newspaper Clipping of article featuring interview with Fred W. Krueger, 1944Entry/Object ID
1997.274.27Description
ACC. NO. 97.274.27
SUBJECT CATEGORY: WW-II
DATE OR PERIOD: 1944
OBJECT: CLIPPING, NEWSPAPER
DESCRIPTION:
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, WITH BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "JAP DEFEAT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME, SAYS ALAMEDA WARRIOR."
SIZE: L 6 -1/4" X W 4-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ARTICLE FROM THE NOVEMBER 10, 1944 "ALAMEDA TIMES-STAR," IN WHICH FRED W KRUEGER, FATHER OF THE DONOR, IS INTERVIEWED CONCERNING HIS EXPLOITS DURING WW-IT. MR KRUEGER, THEN 28, WAS A TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE, U S ARMY. HE SAW ACTION IN NEW GUINEA, AND SPENT 34 MONTHS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS A MEMBER OF THE 46TH ARMY ENGINEERS WHO WORKED IN THE NEW GUINEA JUNGLES. FRED WAS A GRADUATE OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935 AND WAS THE SON OF MR AND MRS FRED FRANK KRUEGER OF 3254 LIBERTY AVENUE, ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
KENT FREDERICK KRUEGER
DATE: JUNE 14, 1997