Henry C. Piasecki Collection
loc.natlib.afc2001001.84141
Piasecki
Henry C.
interviewee
CT
NJ
Original collection material retained at National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey.
Male
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.84141/
World War, 1939-1945
Veteran
1943-1945
Drafted
Army
203rd Engineer Construction Battalion, 6th Engineer Special Brigade; 15th Engineer Construction Battalion, 9th Infantry Division
Camp McCain, Mississippi; Fort Pierce, Florida; Camp Pickett, Virginia; Camp Shanks, New York; Peyton, England; Normandy, France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater
Normandy, Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion), Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe, Battle of the Bulge
Corporal
The veteran trained as an assistant squad leader for map making and he volunteered to be drafted.
Video
DVD
1 item
Oral history interview
10/18/2004
Carrara
Michelle
interviewer
Fowler
Carol
contributor
National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey (Center for US War Veterans Oral Histories)
contributor
AFC/2001/001/84141
Piasecki
Henry C.
World War, 1939-1945
Personal Narratives
United States. Army.
Henry C. Piasecki Collection (AFC/2001/001/84141), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
DLC-AFC
2012-08-08
2023-09-26
loc.natlib.afc2001001.84141
Henry C. Piasecki Collection
2012
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/84141
mixed material
Piasecki, Henry C.
Piasecki, Henry C.
Camp McCain, Mississippi [service location]
Fort Pierce, Florida [service location]
Camp Pickett, Virginia [service location]
Camp Shanks, New York [service location]
Peyton, England [service location]
Normandy, France [service location]
Belgium [service location]
Germany [service location]
European Theater [service location]
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.
Veterans History Project