Harry W. Leavell Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Harry W. Leavell

State of Birth:

IN

Home State:

IN

Gender:

Male

Race:

Black or African American

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1943-1946

Branch of Service:

Army Air Forces/Corps

Unit of Service:

1170th CLD, Tuskegee Army Airmen, 1868th Aviation Engineer Battalion

Location of Service:

Keesler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi; Tuskegee Institute, Alabama; Tampa, Florida; Greenville Army Air Base, South Carolina; Guam (Mariana Islands); Pacific Theater

Highest Rank:

First Sergeant

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Regimental/unit histories [1 item]

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item]

Audio: DAT [1 item] --Oral history interview

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [10 items] --Photograph

Audio: CD [1 item] --Reference copy

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] --Typewritten document

Interviewer:

Elizabeth Elsener

Contributor:

Richard Lugar

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar

Transcriber:

Carolynne Sweeney

Transcriber Affiliation/Organization:

National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/2658

Subjects:

Leavell, Harry W.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.

Cite as:

Harry W. Leavell Collection
(AFC/2001/001/2658), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress