Riggs, Elton 2013-04-22
This interview features Elton Riggs, who discusses his early life, being drafted into World War II, and serving in the Battle of the Bulge where he suffered frostbite in both feet. At the end of the war he married a young Parisian lady. At the time of the interview they had been married for sixty-eight years. After the war, Mr. Riggs trained on the G.I. Bill as a watchmaker and remained in that profession until his retirement in 1999. He also volunteered for the V.A. Clinic in Lubbock.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Elton Riggs
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Date: April 22, 2013
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: David Marshall
Length: 01:17:33
Abstract
Elton Riggs talks about his early life and the various places they lived, Elton talks about going into the Army in 1944, Being transferred to Elsenborn and fighting on the front lines what it was like to be under fire for the first, talks about living conditions in the foxholes, discusses what happened when he got frostbite, Elton recalls the war’s end, Elton talks about how he met his wife in Paris and their marriage, Elton talks more about the airplanes and machinery used in the war, Talk about going to Midwestern after the war, talks about the watch repair business and having his own store, talks about changes in the watch repair business from 1950-2000, talks about volunteering at the V.A. and the physical ailments that keep him from working now
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https://swco-ir.tdl.org/handle/10605/88964
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