OH004 Andrew Carmon Oral History

Authors

Bill Peyton

Collection Title

Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - World War I

Series Number

OH004

Interviewee

Carmon, Andrew

Interviewer

Peyton, Bill

Date Interviewed

October 18th, 1979

Processed by

Sheree Wise

Date Processed

January 15th, 2009

Description

1 sound disc (59 minutes)

Abstract

Andrew Carmon discusses his family background, basic training and transport ships being attacked by German submarines en route to France. He spoke of being one of the few black men in combat and how the different races related to one another. He also discussed what it was like in the trenches in France and being on the front line. He was wounded in France, recovered and ordered go back to the front.

Biographical/Historical Note

Andrew Carmon was born on March 20, 1895 and was lifelong resident of Mayfield, Kentucky. He was drafted while living in Louisville, Kentucky and went to Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. He traveled by ship from Newport News, Virginia to Breast, France where he was a member of the 801st Infantry Regiment until he was reassigned to the 369th Infantry Regiment of the 93rd division which was one of only three African American regiments to witness combat in the First World War. In France, he was reassigned to a French division that allowed African Americans in combat. He was in Alsace Lorraine when the armistice was announced via leaflets dropped from planes.

General Information

No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.

Subject Headings/Descriptors

Mayfield, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Newport News, Virginia

Brest, France

Alsace-Lorraine, France

369th Infantry Regiment

Recommended Citation

Peyton, Bill, "OH004 Andrew Carmon Oral History" (2025). World War I. 4.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-wwi/4