Oral history interview with Thomas A. Chipman, 1999 May 21.

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Oral history interview with Thomas A. Chipman, 1999 May 21.

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Interview with Thomas A. Chipman, Army veteran (D Company, 320th Medical Battalion, 95th Infantry Division), concerning his experiences as a medic/driver in the European Theater during World War II. Induction into the Army, May, 1942; basic training and cadre duty at Fort Robinson, Arkansas; assignment to Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pennsylvania, for a degree in engineering; transfer to Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, to the 320th Battalion, 95th Infantry Division; troop transport to England, August, 1944; move through France and assault on the Metz forts, November, 1944; evacuation and transport of the dead and wounded; winter weather conditions; attitudes toward battlefield carnage; rest and recuperation in Paris and black market activities; German prisoners-of-war and civilian refugees; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; German surrender and concern about being transferred to the Pacific Theater; return to the U.S.; postwar business career. Appendix includes seven leaves titled "The APO history of company "B" 300th medical battalion and eighteen leaves dealing with the history of the 95th Division.

92, [26] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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World War II European Theater Oral History Project.

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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...

Chipman, Thomas A., 1921-

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United States. Army. Medical Battalion, 320th. Company D.

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