Kling, Thaddeus (Interview outline and video), 2008

Citation

Kling, Thaddeus, “Kling, Thaddeus (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed April 3, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29125.

Title

Kling, Thaddeus (Interview outline and video), 2008

Creator

Kling, Thaddeus

Contributor

Montagna, Douglas (Interviewer)
Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum (Muskegon, Mich.)

Description

Thaddeus Kling grew up working on a farm in Muskegon, Michigan. He was drafted and trained in Oklahoma where he made first class sergeant and helped run the C Battery of the 308th Field Artillery. He fought at the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and at Remagen Bridge. At Remagen Bridge they fired constantly for 3 days and 3 nights. The day before the war was over they captured 5,000 Germans.

Date

2008-06-30

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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