Oral history interview with William Smeltzer, 1996 August 3.

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Oral history interview with William Smeltzer, 1996 August 3.

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Interview with William Smeltzer, an Army veteran (K Company, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division), concerning his experiences as a machinist at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base (1942-1944), his experiences as a combat infantryman in Germany (1945), Hermann Goering's headquarters in Munich, the liberation of Dachau, and receiving the Bronze Star. The Appendix includes a photocopy of the insignia for the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard [1 leaf] and a photocopy of photographs from a book(?) depicting the righting of the USS Oklahoma on March 8, 1943 [1 leaf].

68, [3] leaves : ill., facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Army) Oral History Project.

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World War II European Theater Oral History Project.

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Smeltzer, William, 1923-

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Marcello, Ronald E.

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