- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Charles Marion Coe
- Creator:
- Palmer, Janet
Coe, Charles Marion, 1916- - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2003-11-05
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
M114 155mm (Howitzer)
Howitzers
Radio frequency modulation
United States. Army. Armored Division, 2nd. Field Artillery Battalion, 92nd
Purdue University
Bell Telephone Laboratories (Brooklyn N.Y.) - People:
- Coe, Ruth, 1918-2014
- Location:
- Iraq, 33.0, 44.0
Italy, Sicily, 37.587794, 14.155048
Malta, Gozo Island, Rabat, 36.0428907, 14.2398479
Morocco, Casablanca, 33.5950627, -7.6187768
Tunisia, Bizerte, 37.083333, 9.583333
United Kingdom, England, Salisbury Plain, 51.2486531, -1.89348305217729
United Kingdom, England, Stonehenge, 51.1788293, -1.82618300046235
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Indiana, Tippecanoe County, Lafayette, 40.4167, -86.87529
United States, North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fort Bragg, 35.139, -79.00603 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
Mini-DV - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Charles Coe describes his career in the U.S. Army in North Africa and Europe during World War II. He was a Reserve Officer before the war and was called up to be a communications officer. He describes conditions in North Africa, including catching fish by dropping a land mine with a grenade from a plane and the destitute condition of the local population. After the fall of North Africa, they prepared for the invasion of Sicily. From there they sailed to England via the mid-Atlantic in a failed attempt to make the Germans think they were being shipped home. They prepared for the invasion of Europe. Because he had been in a band in college, the Army required him to organize a band to entertain the troops, and they played both in England and later in Berlin. They also developed their own photographs using local equipment. He describes his homecoming, from seeing the Statue of Liberty to "necking" in a phone booth with his wife. He displays several photographs, maps and artifacts.
Charles M. Coe was an Army officer in North Africa and Europe during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/336
- 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:
- 53:57
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
Veterans History Project oral history recordings - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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