Schmidt, Floyd E., 1924-
Biographical notes:
Schmidt [b. 1924] was born and raised in Watertown, Wisconsin.
He was drafted into the Army in 1943 and served as a truck driver and later a machine gunner in the 79th Infantry Division during World War II. Schmidt participated in the Invasion of Normandy three days after D-Day and fought in Northern France, Belgium, and the Rhineland. Captured in Alsace in fall 1944, Schmidt spent eight months in a German prison camp. After the war, he drove semi trucks for Motor Transport Co. for five years before starting a thirty-year career as a steamfitter. Schmidt earned a Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and three European battle stars. He currently resides in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
From the description of Oral history interview with Floyd E. Schmidt, [sound recording], 1996. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 668110280
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Subjects:
- Armed Forces
- Draft
- Identity theft
- Military discharge
- Military interrogation
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners of war
- Soldiers
- Soldiers
- Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
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- Wisconsin--Sun Prairie (as recorded)
- Wisconsin--Watertown (as recorded)
- France--Normandy (as recorded)
- Germany (as recorded)
