William C. Turner oral history, 2005 [videorecording].

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William C. Turner oral history, 2005 [videorecording].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/414412951

The interview provides information and personal observations about Turner's lack of comfort with skiing; weather conditions and methods of crossing the Po River; capture of German soldiers at Lake Garda; youthfulness and training of soldiers; how information was relayed to American and German troops that the war had ended; celebration with American and Italian soldiers at war's end.

1 videodisc (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (45 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.) + 1 envelope

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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