Neumann, Woodrow J. , “Neumann, Woodrow J., (Interview outline and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29280.
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Neumann, Woodrow J., (Interview outline and video), 2007
Woodrow Neumann was born in Flint, Michigan on July 8, 1918. He grew up in a large family of 14 children and went to a Catholic school. After graduating high school Woodrow worked for 2 years before being drafted. He went through basic training in San Francisco and then went to paratrooper school at Fort Brag in North Carolina. Woodrow was part of the group of men that dropped into France on D Day, but unfortunately broke his leg landing. Woodrow was transferred to a hospital in England and then sent back to the US. He then became an instructor at the paratrooper school.