An interview with Edward (Pat) Stapleton / Edward P. Stapleton ; Mark R. DePue, interviewer. 2008.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 143rd. Company I.

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Stapleton, Edward Patrick.

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Born on Aug. 16, 1921 in New Berlin, Ill. At the age of eight the family house burned down, and the family moved to a farm in rural New Berlin. Pat discusses the many jobs his father took up during the great depression, including running the farm, working as a bar owner and running a dance hall, and running a small rodeo. Pat was attending a Bears game when he heard about Pearl Harbor and immediately tried to enlist, but was rejected for health reasons. He enlisted in Sept. 1943, and received hi...

DePue, Mark R.

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Dachau (Concentration camp)

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The Dachau concentration camp was established in March 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the northeastern part of the town of Dachau in southern Germany. During the first year, the camp had a capacity of 5,000 prisoners. Initially the internees were primarily German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazi re...