Digital Collections

You can suggest corrections to the following fields for item Timmerman, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008.

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

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Creator

An entity primarily responsible for making the resource

Current data for Creator

Timmerman, Robert

Date

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

Current data for Date

2008-04-28

Description

An account of the resource

Current data for Description

Robert Timmerman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1943 he got drafted at 29 years old. Robert was assigned to the 78th Division and was a Squad Leader. Robert landed in England and made his way through France and Belgium into Germany. He fought at the Hurtgen Forest and in some small towns in Germany, where he received a Purple Heart. His unit was one of the first across the Remagen Bridge.

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