| Interviewee | FORRY, Alfred (b. 1925) |
| Professions | Foundry Worker |
| Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 362nd Battalion, 91st Infantry Division |
| Interview ID # | OH 1261 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Foundry worker. His experiences as a member of the 91st Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Induction into the Army, 1943; basic training at Fort Hood; advanced training in the California mountains; troopship to Oran and then to Naples; assignment as a replacement to the 362nd Battalion, 91st Infantry Division; small unit infantry combat tactics; designation as the squad's BAR man; Rome-Arno Offensive, 1944; importance of artillery support for infantrymen; baptism to combat; Apennines Campaign, 1944-45; life on the front lines for forty-five consecutive days; winter quarters in the Apennines; Po Valley Campaign, 1945; end of the war and mustering out of the military. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 66 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
