Interview with Thomas Bartley, June 29, 1983
Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project
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served with the First Army; describes participation in the Normandy Invasion - landing at Utah Beach-- watching troops hit the beaches-- talks about the artillery barrage-- laying communication lines for the 82nd Airborne; mentions the Battle of the Bulge and Bastogne; describes mass buriel of American soldiers-- crossing into Germany-- liberation of Nordhausen concentration camp-- watching the launching of a V-2 bomber-- scenes at another concentration camp (possibly Dachau)Interview Accession
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Bartley, Thomas Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 29 Jun. 1983. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Bartley, T. (1983, June 29). 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.
Bartley, Thomas, interview by Arthur L. Kelly. June 29, 1983, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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