Charles P. Roland
| Charles Pierce Roland | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 8, 1918 Maury City, Crockett County, Tennessee, USA |
| Residence | (1) New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (2) Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky |
| Alma mater |
George Washington University(attended) Vanderbilt University Louisiana State University |
| Occupation |
Historian Professor Emeritus at University of Kentucky |
| Years active | 1938– |
| Spouse(s) | Allie Lee Aycock Roland (married 1948) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Clifford Paul and Grace Paysinger Roland |
Charles Pierce Roland (born April 8, 1918) is an American historian and professor emeritus of the University of Kentucky whose research specialty is in the fields of the American South and the Civil War.
Roland was born to Clifford Paul Roland and the former Grace Paysinger in rural Maury City in Crockett County in West Tennessee. His 132-page My Odyssey Through History: Memoirs of War and Academe mixes personal recollections with social commentary, particularly on the Great Depression, World War II, and his 50-year academic career.
The son and grandson of educators, Roland attended from 1934 to 1936 the Christian-affiliated Freed-Hardeman University (then a junior college) in nearby Henderson, Tennessee. He then transferred to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, from which he graduated in 1938 at the age of twenty. From 1938 to 1940, he was a young schoolteacher at Alamo High School in Alamo in his native Crockett County. From 1940 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1947, he was an historian for the National Park Service within the United States Department of Interior in Washington, D.C. After the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Roland joined the United States Army as a captain in the infantry in the European Theatre of World War II. He fought in the 1944 Battle of the Bulge. Roland earned a Purple Heart fighting in the Remagen Bridgehead, had close brushes with death, and mourned the loss of friends in battle. He witnessed the destruction of German cities. He was also awarded a Bronze Star medal. His memoir compares and contrasts World War II with the Civil War.
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