Interviewee | BREYER, Frank (b. 1924) |
Military Service | U.S. Army WWII Veteran, 922nd Field Artillery |
Interview ID # | OH 1522 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | His experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. His volunteering for the draft, 1943; assignment to Burma, 1944; attachment to Merrill’s Marauders (5307th Composite Unit [Provisional]); combat around Myitkyina, Burma, 1944; medical evacuation to Ledo; assignment to the Mars Task Force (5332nd Brigade [Provisional]), October, 1944; combat around Bhamo, Burma; transfer to the 612th Artillery; opening of the Burma Road; transfer to Kunming, China, for artillery training, March, 1945; teaching artillery tactics to Chinese troops with the Chinese Combat and Training Command; resumption of fighting between Chinese Nationalist and Communist forces, 1945. |
Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
Physical Description | 51 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |