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OH 1522

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBREYER, Frank (b. 1924)
Military ServiceU.S. Army WWII Veteran, 922nd Field Artillery

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1522
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHis 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 Description51 pp.
Terms of UseOpen

Category

Military Posts

Time Periods

Years