Oral history interview with William Barsanti, 2004 June 26.

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Oral history interview with William Barsanti, 2004 June 26.

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Interview with William Barsanti, accountant and Army veteran (Cannon Company, 423rd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division), concerning his experiences in the European Theater during World War II. His youth in an Italian immigrant family in Tonopah, Nevada; his early job selling newspapers while in school; graduation from high school and enrollment at Woodbury College, Los Angeles, California, 1941; his transfer to the University of Southern California and enrollment in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, September, 1942; induction into the U.S. Army, March, 1943; basic training Fort Robinson, Arkansas, March-August, 1943; selection for the Army Specialized Training Program, 1943; engineering courses at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; closure of the ASTP and his transfer to the 106th Infantry Division, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, 1944; assignment to Cannon Company as supply sergeant; shipment to England and transformation of Cannon Company into a rifle company in the 423rd Regiment, October, 1944; replacing the 2nd Infantry Division in the Ardennes Forest, December 11, 1944; a brief visit with his brother Olinto on the Siegfried Line; the Ardennes Offensive and the capitulation of the 423rd Regiment, December 16, 1944; Stalag XII-A, Limburg, Germany, December 17-23, 1944; living conditions at Stalag XII-A; Stalag II-D, Stargard, Germany, January-April, 1945; living conditions at Stalag II-D; evacuation to Bremervorde, Germany, April, 1945; liberation, May, 1945; his postwar business career in Europe.

100 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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