John William Ashby Collection
loc.natlib.afc2001001.85935
Ashby
John William
interviewee
WV
IN
Male
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.85935/
World War, 1939-1945
Veteran
1943-1946
Enlisted
Army
Battery C, 254th Field Artillery Battalion
Camp Gordon, Georgia; England; France; Holland; Belgium; Germany; European Theater
Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne
Corporal
The veteran served as a Howitzer crew member and chief driver pulling a howitzer. His unit crossed the Rhine River on pontoon boats before the bridge collapsed.
Audio
CD
1 item
Oral history interview
09/11/2011
Manuscript
Transcript
1 item
Typewritten document
09/11/2011
Lynn
Courtney
interviewer
Huang
Caroline
contributor
Park Tudor School
contributor
AFC/2001/001/85935
Ashby
John William
World War, 1939-1945
Personal Narratives
United States. Army.
John William Ashby Collection (AFC/2001/001/85935), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
DLC-AFC
2012-11-27
2023-09-26
loc.natlib.afc2001001.85935
John William Ashby Collection
2012
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/85935
mixed material
sound recording-nonmusical
mixed material
Ashby, John William
Ashby, John William
Camp Gordon, Georgia [service location]
England [service location]
France [service location]
Holland [service location]
Belgium [service location]
Germany [service location]
European Theater [service location]
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.
Veterans History Project