Oral history interview with John Roger Schroeder, [sound recording], 2005.

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Oral history interview with John Roger Schroeder, [sound recording], 2005.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/756842860

John "Roger" Schroeder, a Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin native, discusses his service with the 6th Army, 3142nd Medium Automotive Maintenance Company in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Schroeder mentions being drafted, induction at Fort Sheridan (Illinois), basic and automotive training at Aberdeen Proving Grounds (Maryland), and tractor maintenance training in Atlanta (Georgia). While taking additional training at Camp Beale (California), he touches on seeing German prisoners of war and having a brief leave at home. On the troopship, he describes living conditions, eating stolen food, being segregated from the officers, and seeing someone transported between ships by bosun's chair at Finchhaven (New Guinea). Assigned to the 3142nd Maintenance Company, Schroeder talks about living conditions in New Guinea and the Philippines and duty performing maintenance on small arms. He tells of the soldiers' reactions to the news of the atomic bomb and the armistice. Schroeder talks about developing a painful infection in his hip, but not being sent to the hospital until he started running a fever. Sent back to the States by ambulance plane, he portrays the flight nurse, recuperating at Mayo General Hospital (Galesburg, Illinois), and being discharged. Schroeder speaks of marrying Grace, taking over his father's insurance business, joining the VFW, and using the GI Bill for flight training. He reflects on the different treatment of enlisted men and officers, and he recalls a conversation he had with pilot from New Guinea.

Sound recording : 38 sound cassette (ca. min.); analog, 1 7/8 ips.Master sound recording : 38 sound cassette (ca. min.); analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 14 p.

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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