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OH 1260

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeCRUMBLING, William H. (b. 1927)
ProfessionsTruck driver
Military ServiceU.S. Army Veteran, Troop A, 25th Mechanized Cavalry

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1260
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionTruck driver. His experiences in the Army of Occupation in Germany, 1945-47. Assignment to Regensburg; patrols to outlying villages; relations with former SS troops; comments about black market activities; social life; physical destruction of Nazi symbols and insignia; visit to Dachau; relations between American troops and civilians; visit to Adolph Hitler's hunting lodge in the Black Forest.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description76 pp.
Terms of UseOpen