Interview with Frank Moody and Randall Murff

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Frank Moody and Randall Murff

Subject

Autobiography
Moody, Frank, 1918-
Murff, Randall, 1919-
Veterans -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans

Description

Randall Murff and Frank Moody are interviewed by Smoky Mountain High School students as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Murff, born in 1919, talks about growing up during the depression in Mississippi, Calhoun County. He talks about being in the Army and hearing about Pearl Harbor just days after he joined and what it was like when he came home in 1944. Frank Moody, born in 1918, talks about growing up in Cullowhee, joining the Army and being a senior general of Eisenhower’s supreme headquarters also known as SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force). He also talks about what life was like after the war.

Creator

Moody, Frank, 1918-
Murff, Randall, 1919-

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - Mountain People, Mountain Lives

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s;
2015-05-28;

Contributor

Grant, Shannon
Selby, Laura

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

application/pdf; audio/mp3;
sound recordings
transcripts
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

35697
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35697

Date Created

2016-07-12

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Jackson County (N.C.)

Extent

1:15:15 (sound recording)(duration)
16 pages (transcript)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Moody, Frank, 1918- and Murff, Randall, 1919-, “Interview with Frank Moody and Randall Murff,” OAI, accessed May 3, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/35697.