OH 1312 | Oral History

OH 1312

His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Depression era odd jobs; decision to join the Army, July, 1940; Fort Benning, Georgia, 1940-41, and assignment to the 4th Signal Company; Camp Gordon, Georgia, 1941-1943; Camp Gordon Johnson, Florida, 1943, for amphibious training; his marriage to Margaret Lilly, Christmas Eve, 1942; his duties as a communications sergeant; his training as a high-speed radio operator at Keystone Radio Schools, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1942; voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, early 1944; amphibious training for D-Day at Tiverton and Slapton Sands, England, 1944; security precautions prior to D-Day; the landing on Utah Beach at Normandy, June 6, 1944; descriptions of General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.; the breakout at Normandy and the bombing of Saint Lô; Falaise Gap; liberation of Paris; Rhineland Campaign, 1944; combat living conditions; Huertgen Forest, 1944; Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945; drive through Central Europe and the German surrender, 1945; effects of and thoughts about his combat experience; postwar Army career as a communications specialist for President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 142 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview August 5, 1999

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