Sefton, George William (Interview transcript and video, 1 of 2), 2003

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Title

Sefton, George William (Interview transcript and video, 1 of 2), 2003

Contributor

Boring, Frank (Interviewer)

Description

George William "Bill" Sefton was born in 1922 in Anderson, Indiana. Prior to the war he was taking classes at Ball State Teacher's College. He enlisted in the Army shortly after the war started, trained as an officer and served briefly with the 131st Infantry Regiment guarding the Soo Locks in northern Michigan before being accepted for paratrooper training. He went to Camp Taccoa, Georgia and began training with the 501st Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. He went with his unit to England and jumped into Normandy on D-Day. He served with his unit in Normandy until they withdrew to prepare for Operation Marked Garden. He made his second jump as part of that operation in September, and served with his unit in the Netherlands until they were withdrawn in Novermber, and then went to Bastogne, Belgium in December 1944 to fight back against the German advance during the Battle of the Bulge. After the fighting at Bastogne, his unit moved to the Alsace-Lorraine region and on into Germany. With the war over he was transferred to the 506th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division where he served with them in France as the athletics officer and club officer (in charge of athletic supplies, and officers' club supplies) for his unit. At the end of the war he met his wife who was an Army nurse at the time.

Date

2003-09-18

Rights

Publisher

Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

RHC-27_SeftonG0738V1

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Text
Moving Image

Language

eng

Citation

Sefton, George William, “Sefton, George William (Interview transcript and video, 1 of 2), 2003,” Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41131.
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