Carl Schaake World War II Interview

Carl Schaake World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

United States. Marine Corps.

Kansas -- History.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

Carl Schaake served in the United States Marine Corps in 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on March 26, 2006, Schaake talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Schaake was born in Kansas on February 11, 1923. He graduated high school in 1940 and worked on his family farm. He joined the Marine Corps in 1945. He went to basic training in Parris Island, South Carolina, and then to infantry training at Camp Lejeune. Schaake was assigned to the USS Macon. Once the war ended, he came to Lawrence, Kansas. He passed away on January 20, 2011. Isabelle Schaake, Carl’s wife, is also featured in the interview. She talked about life in Lawrence during the war.

Schaake, Carl

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2006-03-26

Johnston, Pattie

Schaake, Isabelle

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/schaake-carl-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cjonline/obituary.aspx?n=carl-leon-buster-schaake&pid=147969787

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212319

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

eng

Oral History

Schaake_Carl WWII Interview

Kansas

1945

Johnston, Pattie

Schaake, Carl

Schaake, Isabelle

Douglas County (Kan.)

VHS

0:44:18

221 kbit/s (audio)

2470 kbit/s (video)