Interview with Curtis Fultz, April 19, 1985
Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Curtis Fultz discusses his time serving with Company A of the 68th Airborne Infantry Battalion in the 60th Infantry Regiment (attathed to 9th Infantry Division, Third Army) during World War II. Fultz talks about participating in the North Africa, Sicily and Normandy campaigns, with special attention given to the Battle of the Bulge. Other topics discussed include German artillery assaults, battle fatigue, blackmarket trading, and his experiences crossing into German territory later in the war.Interview Accession
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Mediterranean theater 68th Airborne Infantry Battalion 60th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Division Minefields Battle of Kasserine Pass General George S. Patton Heavy artillery Foxholes Axis powers Battle of Hill 609 European theater Tank Landing Ships Allied invasion of Sicily Rations Western Front Omaha beach D-Day Battle of the Bulge Drug use Black marketsInterview LC Subject
World War II Veterans Germany Tunisia Berlin (Germany) Munich (Germany) Prisoners of War. Intrenchments Operation Overlord Normandy (France) Drug abuse. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy. Gibraltar, Strait of. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Landing craft Sicily (Italy) Operational rations (Military supplies)Interview Rights
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Fultz, Curtis Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 19 Apr. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Fultz, C. (1985, April 19). 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.
Fultz, Curtis, interview by Arthur L. Kelly. April 19, 1985, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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