Eckman, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2011
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Title
Eckman, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2011
Creator
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
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
EckmanD1256V
Format
application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
Eckman, Donald, “Eckman, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2011,” Digital Collections, accessed November 16, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/27215.