Title
Alekel, Edward S.
(WWII Veteran Project)
Americal Division - Army
Address: 57 East St., Methuen, MA 01844
Phone: (978) 688-5276
Date of Birth: June 19, 1916
Occupation: Shoe Cutter & Veteran's Agent for Methuen
Ethnic Background: Lebanese
Interviewer: Joan Kelley
Mr. Alekel was born in Lawrence and lived there for 2 years. Later he lived in Lawrence for 13 years. During WWII he was a staff sergeant in the Americal Division in both the Pacific and European theatres. Their insignia was the Southern Cross. He describes battles he was in. He tells of his Lebanese father going to coffee houses, Bishop's original restaurant - being drafted before the war (Yankee Division) for one year. Pearl Harbor changed his plans. He experienced Guadalcanal, Boganville, Soloman Islands, sent to Europe after Battle of the Bulge, etc. etc.
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Americal Division at Guadalcanal
Pacific and European Theatres
The transcription of this tape is in the time capsule at the Senior Citizen Center on Haverhill St. (as of February 1998).
The transcription of this tape is in the time capsule at the Senior Citizen Center on Haverhill St. (as of February 1998).
Date (created)
1996-09-09