Creator	Lechner, Walden, creator
Title	Walden Lechner Papers
Description	Father John Cusack is a Vincentian cleric from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cusack spent time during the summer of 1945 helping with mission work at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church (formerly Sacred Heart Church) in Auburn, Alabama. He also worked with German POW's from Camp Opelika. Cusack currently resides at St. Vincent's Seminary in Philadelphia. George Marlett served in North Africa and Sicily during World War II. He also worked as a guard at Camp Opelika during the last few years of the war until it closed in 1945. Marlett then re-enlisted with the Army Reserves and worked in that capacity until his retirement having earned the rank of Sergeant Major. He served in many National Guard units including those in Cleveland, Ohio, Montgomery, Alabama, and Opelika, Alabama. Oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Judith Lechner and her son Walden Lechner for his class project for his master's degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Also a research paper, "Bringing German POWs to an American Way of Thinking: What Worked Best."
Date	1945-2012
Time Period	1945-2012
LC Subject Headings	Cusack, John, Father Marlett, George Camp Opelika Catholic Church--Clergy St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church (Auburn, Alabama) Soldiers--United States Prisoner-of-war camps--Alabama--Opelika Prisoners of war--Germany Prisoners of war--Alabama--Opelika World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons
EOA Categories	Religion -- Christianity Peoples -- Military Life Government & Politics -- Military History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights History -- 1987-present: Recent Alabama
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 1156
File Name	1156-13-0049mc.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=4646745
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge