Forrest C. Pogue

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Summary

Forrest C. Pogue (1912-1996), military historian, became the director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Historical Research in the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, in 1974. Pogue began gathering oral history long before it achieved popularity when he was recruited in 1944 to interview soldiers and junior officers at the front in Northwest Europe. He accompanied the invasion forces into France and was awarded the Bronze Star and the French Croix de Guerre for "front line interviewing."

Subject

  • Pogue, Forrest C
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Historical Research
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of the Forrest C. Pogue Oral History Interviews by James C. Tapley, December 19, 1986, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9589, Box 1, Forrest C. Pogue Oral History Interview

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1978

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Military historians
  • Directors
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Research institutes
  • Oral histories
  • Oral history
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Portraits

ID Number

78-7624-30

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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