Transcript of Interview with Frederick C. Temple Temple, Frederick, interviewee contributor ctb Dandridge, Deborah contributor ctb 2010-10-03 2010-10-04 As an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Temple joined the Army Enlisted Corps before returning to his home in Topeka, Kansas in 1942. Drafted in 1943, he served in the Army's 743rd Military Police Battalion in North Africa and in Italy. While conducting patrol duty in North Africa, he gives a wide range of incidents he witnessed and experienced, particularly with the Algerian residents, the local French authorities, and the intrigue presented by the growing Algerian revolt. When his ship entered the port of Naples, he describes the ongoing bombing of the Germans in Italy. He also mentions how he managed resources when his unit encountered shortages of water and food supplies. He gives an account of his search for employment after the war as a veteran. He returned to the University of Wisconsin where he earned a B.S. degree and ultimately a M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics. From 1952 until his retirement in the 1980s, Dr. Temple served as a member and chair of the Department of Economics at Southern University in Baton, Rouge Louisiana. text World War (1939-1945) African Americans Oral history English eng electronic audio/mpeg reformatted digital https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-wwii/28 electronic application/pdf Oral history ku-wwii:29https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-wwii/29ksrl_kc_wwii_temple_transcript.pdf World War II: The African American Experience, RH MS 1439 Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas University of Kansas This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ku-wwii_29_MODS Descriptive metadata from KU Scholarworks. MODS generated, with additional values/elements added, by KU Libraries Digital Initiatives. eng 2020-02-05