Arnold T. Wilson, Jr. papers.

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Arnold T. Wilson, Jr. papers.

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General description of the collection: The Arnold T. Wilson, Jr. papers include a completed World War II Veterans Survey questionnaire which traces Wilson's military service and postwar activities and comments on various aspects of military life, and a brief memoir. He says that American weapons, equipment, clothing, rations and supply services were very good but that American tanks were no match for the German Panthers and Tigers. Leadership was also very good. He praises the officers commissioned from the battlefield as the best because of their combat experience. Military/civilian relations were excellent: "all over England and France we were treated wonderful even in Germany." Morale for the 3rd Armored Division was very high. He was wounded and spent two months in recovery. He describes a typical day in combat and in the rear. In the memoir, he gives two incidents from his tank in battle.

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United States. Army. Armored Division, 3rd

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Wilson, Arnold T., Jr., 1918-

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Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Arnold T. Wilson, Jr. was born on 16 March 1918 in Blacksher, AL. He was drafted and entered the Army on 13 January 1942. He took basic training at Armored Force Training Center, Fort Knox, KY, and joined the 3rd Armored Division at Camp Polk, LA. He went overseas in September 1943 and landed on Omaha Beach on 23 June 1944. He fought in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe Campaigns. He participated in the liberation of Nordhausen Concentration...

Nordhausen (Concentration camp)

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