Schmidt, Eugene (Interview outline and video), 2008

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Eugene Schmidt was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1918. He joined the National Guard during high school and was federalized on October 15, 1940. Eugene was assigned to a Head Quarters Company and he was deployed to Australia. Then he was sent to New Guinea and was injured by a loose fuel barrel on the way over. He had to stay in the rear while his company went to Buna and after they were done he met up with them in Australia for amphibious assault training. They went on 2 assaults in New Guinea at Saidor and Aitape. In October of 1944 he was sent back to the US and was assigned to be a MP in Detroit, Michigan. Eugene was discharged in July of 1945.

2008-07-23

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

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

SchmidtE

application/pdf

video/mp4

Moving Image

Text

eng