Eckman, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2011

Citation

Eckman, Donald, “Eckman, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2011,” Digital Collections, accessed April 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/27215.

Title

Eckman, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2011

Creator

Eckman, Donald

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

Don Eckman, of Lake Odessa, Michigan enlisted in the Army in March, 1944. He was in basic training in Florida at the time of D-Day, and shipped to Europe in the fall of 1944. He was assigned to the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, at Nancy, France, and participated in fighting at Strasbourg and other places in Alsace, regularly walking point for his platoon. He was wounded twice in the space of several months, and was already on a ship heading for home when the Germans surrendered in May, 1945.

Date

2011-09-21

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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