Interview with Louis Stockton Bower, July 2, 1985

Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Louis Stockton Bower served as a company commander in the Army, and trained troops in the United States before he was sent to Europe. After amphibious training in England, he took part in the invasion of Normandy, where his division was almost entirely annihilated by the Germans. Bower describes his encounters with injured Americans, an enemy soldier disguised as an American, and a young German he killed in battle.

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1985oh161_ww021

Interviewee Name

Louis Stockton Bower

Interviewer Name

William J. Marshall

Interview Date

1985-07-02

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Bower, Louis Stockton Interview by William J. Marshall. 02 Jul. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Bower, L.S. (1985, July 02). Interview by W. J. Marshall. American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Bower, Louis Stockton, interview by William J. Marshall. July 02, 1985, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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