Digital Collections

You can suggest corrections to the following fields for item Mueller, Winfried S. (Interview outline and video), 2003 .

You can also leave general comments or suggestions in the "comments" section. An administrator will review your contribution.

Thank you for taking the time to improve this site!

Comments

Please describe the nature of this correction, or anything about it that we should know. Thanks!

Can we contact you?

Check this box if it is okay for us to contact you about this correction.

Contributor

An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource

Current data for Contributor

Collins Sr., Charles E. (Interviewer)

Creator

An entity primarily responsible for making the resource

Current data for Creator

Mueller, Winfried S.

Date

A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource

Current data for Date

2003-08-08

Description

An account of the resource

Current data for Description

Win Mueller was drafted into the Army in 1942 and went through basic training at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan. He also trained there to be in the Military Police and was at Fort Custer for about 6 months all together. After training Win worked at Fort Swift in Texas, where he guarded POWs for another six months. Win later helped form the 106th Division and was sent to Europe where they eventually replaced the 101st Division in the Netherlands right before the Battle of the Bulge. Win fought in the Battle for about a month in freezing cold weather with not much food to eat. After making it through the battle and traveling to other parts of Europe, win had enough points to go home right around the time of the Japanese surrender.

Source

A related resource from which the described resource is derived

Current data for Source

Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)

report a problem with this page

Digital Collections

Address

Contact

Social Media