Oral history interview with General Alexander R. Bolling, Jr., 1998 July 15.

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Oral history interview with General Alexander R. Bolling, Jr., 1998 July 15.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317699047

Interview with General Alexander R. Bolling, Jr., concerning his experiences as an infantry platoon leader (3rd Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 302nd Regiment, 94th Infantry Division) in the European Theater during World War II. Education at U. S. Military Academy, 1940-43; basic infantry training at Fort Benning; assignment to the 66th Infantry Division, Camp Joseph Robinson, Arkansas, 1943; transfer to the 94th Infantry Division, early 1944; comments about the quality of non-commissioned officers; assessment of draftees in his platoon; comments about personnel from ASTP [Army Special Training Program]; initiation to combat in France; operations with Free French forces; night patrols; the art of "digging in"; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944; his arm and knee wounds due to friendly artillery fire; capture by troops from the 11th Panzer Division, January, 1945; escape and recapture; permanent internment at Hammelburg, Germany; POW camp life; abortive attempt by General George S. Patton to free American POWs; his second escape on March 27, 1945, in the midst of Patton's rescue attempt; recapture and his third escape; his twelve-day journey back to American lines; debriefing; reunion with his father, General Alexander R. Bolling, Sr., commander of the 84th Division, in Hanover, Germany; assignment to a rifle company in the 84th Infantry Division; race to the Elbe River and the end of the war in Europe.

115 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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