Interview with Robert G. Haney, April 15, 1987

Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project

  • Description
  • Play Interview
  • Rights & Request
  • Citation

Interview Summary

Robert G. Haney served as a radio operator with the 150th Armored Signal Company of the 10th Armored Division. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne, Belgium, where the American forces were completely surrounded by Germans. Haney describes near-constant artillery and mortar fire, including a direct hit on the building where his team was quartered. He recalls his elation at an air-drop of supplies, and at the arrival of General George Patton and the 4th Armored Division. Haney also talks about traveling through Germany near the end of the war and seeing the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation.

Interview Accession

1987oh059_ww077

Interviewee Name

Robert G. Haney

Interviewer Name

Arthur L. Kelly

Interview Date

1987-04-15

Interview Rights

All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.

Interview Usage

Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Restriction

No Restrictions


access interview in full screen  

Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.

All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.

Add this interview to your cart in order to begin the process of requesting access to a copy of and/or permission to reproduce interview(s). 


Haney, Robert G. Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 15 Apr. 1987. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Haney, R.G. (1987, April 15). Interview by A. L. Kelly. American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Haney, Robert G., interview by Arthur L. Kelly. April 15, 1987, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.

If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.

Persistent Link for this Record: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt795x25bf81