Battle of the Bulge | Oral History

Battle of the Bulge

OH 1863

Administrator. Childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; draft into infantry; basic training; deployment to the European theater; Battle of the Bulge; attending University in France; return stateside; post-war life; veterans group involvement.

OH 1216

Businessman. His experiences as an officer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war stateside training; forming and training the 741st Tank Battalion; amphibious training in England prior to the Normandy invasion; assignment as operations officer for the 741st; the fate of the DD tanks on D-Day; assignment as executive officer for the 741st; attachment of the 741st to the 2nd Infantry Division; combat in the hedgerow country of Normandy; comparisons and contrasts between the U. S.