Interview with Edwin Elliott, January 17, 1986

Interview Summary

Edwin Elliott began his service as part of the 192nd Tank Battalion, Company D, but later transferred to a quartermaster company. He attended officer candidate school in Fort Knox (Kentucky), and was in the U.S. when he learned that members of his former unit had been captured in Bataan. Elliott was sent to Europe, where he was involved in the invasion of Normandy. He discusses his voyage across the Atlantic, an attack by a German U-boat, the landing at Utah Beach, the bombing of Saint-Lo, and his duties supplying gas to the troops. Elliott also served with the First Cavalry Division in the Korean War, and he compares and contrasts his experiences in Korea and Europe.

Interview Keyword

military service experience War Veterans World War II World War II veterans

Interview LC Subject

Elliott, Edwin Elliott, Edwin--Interviews Korean War, 1950-1953 World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American

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