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Robert Berry Interview Transcript, Date of interview-July 11, 2000, Date accessioned: 2019-11-06, bulk 1942-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Berry, Robert, 1918-
Gregory, David
Karen Rubin
Extent:
1 folders One folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Robert Berry Interview, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0124

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains Colonel Robert Berry's oral history transcript wherein he describes his involvement in the Normandy invasion and its aftermath as a graves registration officer in the 6th Engineers Special Brigade. The interview also includes accounts of American soldiers being executed for war crimes. This collection contains a transcript Robert Berry's interview from the Reichelt Program for Oral History.

Biographical / historical:

Colonel Robert Berry was born on April 6th, 1918 in Wilmington, Delaware. Berry served in the U.S. Army in the 607th Graves Registration Company. Before bring drafted, he worked in funeral homes, so when he was drafted into the military on March 3rd, 1941, he was assigned to Graves Registration. Berry served in the European Theater in Germany, France, England, and Japan. He served briefly at the beginning of his service in the Pacific Theater after Pearl Harbor. Berry created cemeteries during the Normandy invasion and served in its aftermath as a graves registration officer in the 6th Engineers Special Brigade. He also observed the Nuremberg Trials where American soldiers were hung for war crimes. He currently resides in Lusby, Maryland.

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Robert Berry Interview, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0124

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA