Robert Lippincott: Oakland Army Base Oral History Project

Interviewee(s):

Lippincott, Robert

Interviewer(s):

Lage, Ann

Title:

Robert Lippincott: Oakland Army Base Oral History Project

Abstract:

Robert Lippincott was born in Ohio in 1918. In 1941 he was drafted into the Army and then admitted to officer candidate school a year later. His assignments included policing the Panama Canal Zone, working as an adjutant for prisoners of war in Germany, and as chief of military police at in the transportation division at the Oakland Army Base. He retired in 1961 after 20 years in the Army as a career officer and subsequently pursued a separate civilian career.

Subject area(s):

Community and Identity

Interview date(s):

2008

Copyright year:

2009

Project:

Oakland Army Base

Oskicat record:

b17717727

Transcript:

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Rights:

Lippincott, Robert. "Robert Lippincott: Oakland Army Base Oral History Project." Interview by Ann Lage in 2008. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2009.

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