Iraq, 33.0, 44.0Italy, Sicily, 37.587794, 14.155048Malta, Gozo Island, Rabat, 36.0428907, 14.2398479Morocco, Casablanca, 33.5950627, -7.6187768Tunisia, Bizerte, 37.083333, 9.583333United Kingdom, England, Salisbury Plain, 51.2486531, -1.89348305217729United Kingdom, England, Stonehenge, 51.1788293, -1.82618300046235United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Indiana, Tippecanoe County, Lafayette, 40.4167, -86.87529United States, North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fort Bragg, 35.139, -79.00603Palmer, JanetCoe, Charles Marion, 1916-2003-11-05In 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.video/mp4Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterVeterans History Project oral history recordingsWorld War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, AmericanM114 155mm (Howitzer)HowitzersRadio frequency modulationUnited States. Army. Armored Division, 2nd. Field Artillery Battalion, 92ndPurdue UniversityBell Telephone Laboratories (Brooklyn N.Y.)Oral history interview of Charles Marion CoeMovingImage