Pearson, Dr. Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Robert Pearson served as an artillery liaison pilot with the 4th Armored Division in WW II. He describes his reasons for enlisting prior to the start of the war, his training first in gliders and then in observation planes, and his service in France, Belgium and Germany. His experiences include action in the breakout from Normandy, the relief of Bastogne and the invasion of Germany. He also discusses an encounter with the French Resistance and his spotting of the Ohrdruf death camp in Germany. After the war, he became a physician and a psychiatrist, and helped to found the Holocaust museum in Houston, Texas.

2008-02-12

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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