Albert Fier transcript

Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2003 Box 2 (03.0030-03.0050), Folder: 03.0037 - Folders 1 & 2

Identifier: 03.0037

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection relates to Albert Fier who served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant technician with E Company of the 94th Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operation during World War II. This collection contains an oral history transcript, where Fier documents his time as a medic during the war.

Dates

Creation: June 14, 2000
Event: Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Other: Date accessioned

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical / Historical

Sergeant Technician Albert Fier was born on November 23, 1915 in New York, NY. Albert was inducted in Salina, Kansas in 1942 where he was placed with a rifle platoon in Company E of the 94th Infantry Division. Fier received training at Camp McCain in Mississippi. Fier served as a medic with the Army in the European Theater of Operation. After spending two weeks in England, Fier was sent to Normany after D-Day, joining General Patton at St. Lo through to the Battle of the Bulge. During his service, Fier also traveled to France and Switzerland. After the war, Fier was shipped to Camp Dix and Fort Jersey, New Jersey. He was discharged on December 25, 1945. On November 9th, 1946, Fier married his wife Mildred Zamore Fier. Shortly thereafter they moved to Palm Beach, Florida. There, Albert served as the manager of Walton’s Mens Shop on Worth Avenue for 35 years until his retirement. Albert Fier passed away on August 10, 2004 at the age of 88 in Greenacres City, Florida. He is buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park in West Palm Beach, Florida.