- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of William Culbertson Martin
- Creator:
- Tozzer, Newell Bryant
Martin, William Culbertson, 1924- - Date of Original:
- 2005-04-27
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
Simpson, William Hood, 1888-1980
Devine, John Matthew, 1885-1971
United States. Army. Armored Division, 8th
United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 405th. Battery A
Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
Texas A & M International University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Vanderbilt University
Siegfried Line
Army Specialized Training Program, 142nd
United States. Army. Division, 42nd. Field Artillery Battalion, 450th. Battery A. - Location:
- Belgium, Wallonia, Luxembourg Province, Arrondissement de Bastogne, Bastogne, 50.00347, 5.71844
Czech Republic, Elbe River, 50.0319222, 15.1943499
Czech Republic, Pilsen Basin
France, Rouen, 49.4404591, 1.0939658
Germany, Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, 48.78232, 9.17702
Germany, Brandenburg, 52.412529, 12.531644
Germany, Dahn, 49.1493317, 7.7802569
Germany, Elbe River, 52.4344639, 11.6813919
Germany, Göttingen, 51.5327604, 9.9352051
Germany, Harz Mountains
Germany, Remagen, Ludendorff-Brücke, 50.5777587, 7.24407945742064
Netherlands, Maastricht, 50.85798545, 5.69698818182211
United Kingdom, England, Tidworth Camp, 51.23730255, -1.66154800930385
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Catoosa County, Fort Oglethorpe, 34.94896, -85.2569
United States, Kentucky, Warren County, Drake, 36.83615, -86.40971
United States, Louisiana, Vernon Parish, Fort Polk, 31.0465776, -93.2054396
United States, New Jersey, Camp Kilmer, 40.4808743, -74.4601235
United States, Tennessee, Coffee County, Tullahoma, Camp Forrest, 35.3656346, -86.1841558
United States, Tennessee, Sumner County, Portland, 36.58171, -86.51638
United States, Texas, Bell County, Killeen, Fort Hood, 31.13884585, -97.715048633985 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, William Martin tells of his experiences in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. He describes his interest in world affairs leading up to the war and his desire to go to Europe. He recalls his training, voyage and arrival in Plymouth (England). He describes the structure of his division and details their fight through France, crossing the Rhine into Germany and Czechoslovakia. He states that when he was stationed at Brandenburg an der Havel, they were guarding Germany's rocket research records when the Navy came and took them all; General Patton was upset about it. He spent time in the Army and Air Force Reserves after the war.
William Martin was in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/256
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:02:29
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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