Ruffin, Louis, Date of interview: 25 March 2011
Scope and Contents
Contains interview on DVD, transcript, portrait of Ruffin in uniform, photograph of Ruffin with three buddies, photograph of Ruffin with daughter at Regional Military Museum in Houma, La. (2011), information on the SS Cape San Juan, article from Houma Today- “Houma-Thibodaux’s Oldest Veterans Survived Close Calls,” obituary, article from The Daily Comet- “Terrebonne Mourns Loss of Its Oldest World War II Vet.”
Dates
- Date of interview: 25 March 2011
Biographical / Historical
- Native of Waterproof Plantation (6 miles out of Houma, La.) o Born 1917 - Served in U.S. Army, 1 December 1942 – 1945 o Rank: Corporal o MOS: Infantry o 855th Engineering Unit o Aboard the transport, SS Cape San Juan, when it was sunk by the Japanese in the South Pacific o Location of service: Pacific Theatre: New Guinea, Philippines o Citations: Purple Heart
Extent
From the Collection: 20 Linear Feet (29 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Ellender Memorial Library
Nicholls State University
906 E 1st St.
Thibodaux Louisiana 70310 USA
985-448-4621
clifton.theriot@nicholls.edu