Weber, Shirley (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008

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Title

Weber, Shirley (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008

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Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

Shirley Weber served in the 32nd Infantry (Red Arrow) Division during WWII in New Guinea. His company teamed up with the Australians fighting Japanese soldiers on the island. He spent time fighting in Buna, Saidor and Aitape battles. He received the Bronze Star for an operation to pull out fire from the Japanese hiding in the jungle. He contracted malaria on New Guinea, which eventually led to his being sent home, where we worked with German POWs at a camp in Chicago. Military papers appended to the interview outline.

Date

2008-04-01

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Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

WeberS

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application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

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Weber, Shirley, “Weber, Shirley (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29612.
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