Victor Bussie [Part 1 of 2]
Oral Histories
Details
Collection:LSA
Genre: Interview
Place Covered: Louisiana General
Copyright Holder: Louisiana State Archives
Date Issued: 1994-01-18
Duration: 00:58:51
Subjects: Mexico | FIREFIGHTERS | Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana | United States Navy | Montrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana | Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana | INTEGRATION | LPFA | Bussie, Victor V., 1919-2011 | Davis, James H. "Jimmie," 1899-2000 | Long, Earl Kemp, 1895-1960 | Reagan, Ronald Wilson, 1911- 2004 | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | Communism | LABOR MOVEMENT | Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana | Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 1884- 1962 | Oral history | American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) | Right-to-work law | Reuther, Walter Philip, 1907- 1970
Contributors:
- Bussie, Victor Interviewee
- Courtney, Bob Interviewer
- Jackson, Sailor Jr. Photographer
Description
Oral history with Victor V. Bussie (27 January 1919- 4 September 2011) conducted on 18 January 1994. Bussie served in the U.S. Naval Air Corps during WWII tasked with aerial photography. His crew aided in surveying Normandy before the D-Day invasion in June 1944. After the war, he served as a firefighter and president of the Louisiana American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Part 1 of 2.