Oral history interview with George Kohlwey [sound recording], 2002.

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Oral history interview with George Kohlwey [sound recording], 2002.

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George Kohlwey, a Grafton, Wisconsin native, discusses his World War II service as a runner with the 33rd Infantry Division in the Pacific theater. Kohlwey touches upon being drafted, basic training at Fort Lewis (Washington), training as a runner, desert training, and being shipped to Hawaii. He tells of being injured by a fall in Hawaii and spending seven weeks in a hospital. Assigned to Finschhafen (New Guinea) while preparing for the invasion of the Philippines, he talks about visiting his wounded brother in the hospital before being sent to Luzon (Philippines). In the Philippines, Kohlwey discusses laying telephone wire, riding to Baguio on tanks, and seeing dead Japanese at Camp John Hayes. Kohlwey details being the bazooka man as his unit moved through the mountains, being wounded in the arm while attempting to help American casualties, and being carried out of the mountains on a stretcher by Filipino women. After hospitalization in Leyte, he was eventually sent to Percy Jones Army Hospital (Michigan). Kohlwey reflects on use of the atomic bomb on Japan and speaks of his military pay, discharge, and civilian career.

Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 45 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 19 p.Military papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Kohlwey, George, 1920-2008,

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Kohlwey (1920-2008) served in the Army from 1942 to 1945. He was honorably discharged from service in 1945 and settled on a farm in Saukville (Wisconsin) in 1947. From the description of Oral history interview with George Kohlwey [sound recording], 2002. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 85250126 ...

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