Oral history interview with Ralph L. Cerny, 2000 September 18.

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Oral history interview with Ralph L. Cerny, 2000 September 18.

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Interview with Ralph L. Cerny, an Army veteran (I Company, 3rd Battalion, 132nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division), concerning his experiences as a combat infantryman in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Joining the Illinois National Guard, 1938; federalization of the Illinois National Guard, March, 1941; training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, 1941-42; shipment to Camp Darwin, Australia, 1942; formation of the Americal Division and landings at New Caledonia, March, 1942; transfer of the division to Guadalcanal, December, 1942; combat around Mount Austen on Guadalcanal; fate of Japanese prisoners-of-war; evacuation to the Fiji Islands, March, 1943, for rest and recuperation; landings on Bougainville, 1943; patrol and reconnaissance activities on Bougainville; rotation back to the States, May, 1944; stateside duty as a drill instructor at Fort McClellan, Alabama, 1944-45; postwar career.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 132nd. Battalion, 3rd. I Company.

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Lane, Peter B., 1939-

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Cerny, Ralph L., 1921-

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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...