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US Combat Engineer – 249th Engineer Combat Battalion Veteran Oral History interview for WWII Veteran Robert Shelato is now available. We conducted this interview on June 4, 2014, in St. Mere Eglise, Normandy, France. St. Mere Eglise is a small village in Normandy where paratroopers landed early during the D-Day invasion. St. Mere Eglise presently houses an impressive Airborne Museum dedicated …

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US Paratrooper – 82nd Airborne Part 2 of the Veteran Oral History interview of WWII Veteran Rock Merritt is now available. This interview was conducted in Dallas, Texas on October 16, 2014, during the annual reunion for the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne. Rock commanded a heavy machine gun platoon for the 82nd Airborne during World War …

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US Paratrooper – 82nd Airborne Veteran oral history interview for WWII Veteran Kenneth Rock Merritt is now available. This is part 1 of 2 interviews. We conducted part one of this interview in La Fiere, Normandy, France on June 5, 2014. La Fiere was the site of an important battle for a strategic bridge during the Normandy campaign. Rock is …

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