WWII Veterans Ep. 2: Albert Wess, Pt. 2
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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 2 of Episode 2, veteran Albert Wess talks with interviewer Adeel Ahmed '18 about the segregation and discrimination he faced as an African-American in the Army, including during his service at a base camp in Mississippi as well as when he was later honorably discharged.
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