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Carlton K. Smith papers
Collection — Container: 99.0556 - Box 1
Identifier: 99.0556
Scope and Contents
The collection of Carlton K. Smith, who served with the 185th Field Artillery during World War II, contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. This collection also contains a World War II history magazine, correspondence with French General Pierre Denis, summaries of unit actions, personal letters to family, newspaper clippings, unit newsletters, a binder with photocopies of newspaper articles, and one copy of Liberty's Victorious Conflict: A Photographic History of the World War I.
In the oral history interview, Smith discusses the combat situations in which he was involved including the...
Dates:
Created: 1919-1945; Other: Date acquired: 11/12/1999
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William C. Coleman transcript
Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2004 Box 2 (04.0046-04.0075), Folder: 04.0050 - Folder 1
Identifier: 04.0050
Scope and Contents
This folder contains the oral history of William Coleman recorded on May 15, 2003. Coleman served with the 101st Airborne Division in England and participated in the June 6, 1944 D-Day airborne operation into Normandy, France. He was later captured by German troops and spent time in a prisoner of war camp.
Dates:
Created: 1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 02/02/2004
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