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William C. Coleman transcript, 1942-1945, Date acquired: 02/02/2004, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Coleman, William C.
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], William C. Coleman transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_04_0050.

Background

Scope and content:

This folder contains the oral history of William Coleman recorded on May 15, 2003.  Coleman served with the 101st Airborne Division in England and participated in the June 6, 1944 D-Day airborne operation into Normandy, France.  He was later captured by German troops and spent time in a prisoner of war camp.

Biographical / historical:

William C. Coleman (Army, 1942-1945) trained as a paratrooper at Ft. Benning and with the 101st Airborne Division once in England. His unit provided a simulated combat exercise for Churchill and Eisenhower near Torquay, England in May of 1944. He participated in the D-day invasion and was captured in a village close to where he was dropped. He talks about his experience as a POW in Stalag 12-A, Stalag 4-B and in arbeitdienst (work party). He describes the firestorms at Dresden. He escaped from his last German POW camp and after the war was in Camp Recovered Allied Military Personnel (Camp RAMP). Coleman was discharged in September of 1945 and attended Northwestern University on the GI Bill.

Acquisition information:

William Coleman

donation

Custodial history:

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

Arrangement:

creator

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], William C. Coleman transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_04_0050.

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