Interview with William B. Rutherford, June 11, 1985

Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project

Interview Summary

served with Company L-- 28th Infantry Division; aide to General Omar Bradley; describes impressions of Bradley-- assault on Dog Island-- training-- shock of combat-- American soldiers in England-- aerial attacks on England-- bombing of Saint-Lo-- liberation of Paris; took part in assault on Normandy-- crossed into Germany - fought through the Hurtgen Forest-- talks about the Battle of the Bulge

Interview Accession

1985oh134_ww016

Interviewee Name

William B. Rutherford

Interviewer Name

Arthur L. Kelly

Interview Date

1985-06-11

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Rutherford, William B. Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 11 Jun. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Rutherford, W.B. (1985, June 11). 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.

Rutherford, William B., interview by Arthur L. Kelly. June 11, 1985, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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