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| Title: | George Wheeler (Interview) |
| Authors: | Wheeler, George
Neylon, Thomas(Interviewer) |
| Keywords: | U.S Army
Patton, George
Italian Campaign
Artillery
North African Campaign |
| Issue Date: | 15-May-2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | His 298 |
| Abstract: | George Wheeler talks about his early life briefly and then to his enlistment with the Army. Trained as a cannoneer in basic training. He was briefly in Scotland and then London, before being shipped to North Africa. He was there for a few months under Patton and then was shipped into Italy. He went through France, before making it 10-15 miles into Germany. The War ended before he made it back. He was wounded multiple times. He also spent some time as an interpreter for Charles de Gaulle. |
| Description: | 57 min 21 sec
Due to his age, the interview went on random tangents, and appears to end abruptly. I had to cut the end because I could not get Mr. Wheeler back on the topic of his experience in WWII. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/0/332 |
| Appears in Collections: | Veterans of World War II Oral Histories
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