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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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  • Names: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations X
  • Names: Fort Benning (Ga.) X
  • Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy X
  • Subject: Prisoners of war--Austria--History--20th century X