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Bastogne, Battle of, 1944-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Facente transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 11 (01.0278-01.0305), Folder: 01.0295
Identifier: 01.0295
Scope and Contents

The Frank Facente transcript describes medic Frank Facente's service in the 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, as a part of the United States Army during World War II. Facente participated in the landing at Normandy, attacking the Siegfried Line, Battle of Huertgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, and visiting the concentration camp at Dachau.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-2000; Other: Majority of material found within 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/2000

Albert Fier transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2003 Box 2 (03.0030-03.0050), Folder: 03.0037 - Folders 1 & 2
Identifier: 03.0037
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: June 14, 2000; Event: Majority of material found within 1942-1945; Other: Date accessioned

Christopher Georgiades transcript

 File — Single Folder Collections - 2011 Box 1 (11.0001-11.0095), Folder: 11.0053 - Folder 1
Identifier: 11.0053
Scope and Contents

This Oral History transcript recounts the war experiences of Christopher Georgiades, who served in Europe with the U.S. Army, 10th Armored Division, during the the Battle of the Bulge. He was sent as a replacement after the events of Bastogne and was a part of the closing the Saar-Moselle Triangle. He participated in the invasion of Germany and was in Bavaria in May of 1945 when the war ended in Europe.

Dates: Other: Date accessioned: 2011-01-12; Event: 1944-1945

James W. Herrington papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2000 Box 6 (00.0140-00.0177), Folder: 00.0150
Identifier: 00.0150
Scope and Contents This collection relates to James W. Harrington who served with the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. This collection includes a manuscript entitled Return to Ville de Bastogne: A Time Remembered, which concerns the Battle for Bastogne, Belgium. This manuscript consists of a 10-page memoir of the Battle of the Bulge following Harrington's return visit to Bastogne 53 years later. He describes his division's encampment prior to the Battle of the Bulge. This manuscript is an exclusive Battle of the Bulge memoir. An additional page entitled "A Trek Remembered" is an account of a specific experience on December 17, 1944. It also includes...
Dates: Event: 1944-1990; Other: Date acquired: 02/23/2000

James W. George papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2011 Box 1 (11.0001-11.0095), Folder: 11.0029 - Folder 1
Identifier: 11.0029
Scope and Contents

This collection relates to James W. George who served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the 9th U.S Army Air Force. Wilmot R. George was James George's brother and also served in the European Theater. He served as a Tech Sergeant and received a Silver Star. This collection contains a one-page handwritten summary of James George's military service and ten-page memoir of his brother Wilmont's service during the Second World War.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1970; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 03/30/2011

Stanley P. Koss collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 12.0030
Scope and Contents This collection relates to Stanley P. Koss who served as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Koss participated in the battle for Bastogne, Belgium. The majority of this collection pertains to Stanley P. Koss's war bond tour of war production plants in New York and New Jersey as part of an effort to boost war worker morale. The collection includes military orders, itineraries, letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to this tour, as well as several souvenirs acquired during the trip. Also included are letters from Koss's pre-service employer, Christmas cards, and a telegram informing Koss's mother that Stanley's brother had been killed in...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945; Other: Date acquired: 2012-06-11

William A. Kummerer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 07.0135
Scope and Contents This collection relates to Staff Sergeant William A. Kummerer who served with the 463rd Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Airborne Division during World War II.  The majority of this collection concerns the reunions of the 101st Airborne, 463rd Field Artillery Battalion, on the creation of the division shoulder patch. Included in the collection are many reunion photographs, photographs of the patch, Mr. Kummerer's decorations, and several captured German insignias. There are several newsletters or magazine articles that describe not only the unit's history but its efforts against the German offensive at Bastogne in December 1944. The collection further contains files and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-1987; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 11/20/2007