Post by connie on Jan 28, 2012 11:38:52 GMT -5
Here are links to a two part oral history interview of
Gordon Grantham (1924-2010):
Part 1: (about 12 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcHFHaa-cpo
covers topics like his hometown, being drafted
time at Ft Jackson
work on heavy weapons with a water cooled machine gun
qualification on M-1 rifle
daily work life/ work during basic training
touched on beginning of Tennessee maneuvers
Part 2: (about 14 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LkiHBhlG5w&NR=1&feature=endscreen
includes more about Tennessee Maneuvers
Atlantic Crossing/ Scotland Landing, Cheltenham
England, Channel Crossing, landing & journey to the front (mentions only St. Vith -- not location in Germany
Other parts- I see a part 5 & 6 also listed. I haven't found part 3 & 4
But 2 stops mid sentence before Bulge begins
Connie
Gordon Grantham (1924-2010):
Part 1: (about 12 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcHFHaa-cpo
covers topics like his hometown, being drafted
time at Ft Jackson
work on heavy weapons with a water cooled machine gun
qualification on M-1 rifle
daily work life/ work during basic training
touched on beginning of Tennessee maneuvers
Part 2: (about 14 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LkiHBhlG5w&NR=1&feature=endscreen
includes more about Tennessee Maneuvers
Atlantic Crossing/ Scotland Landing, Cheltenham
England, Channel Crossing, landing & journey to the front (mentions only St. Vith -- not location in Germany
Other parts- I see a part 5 & 6 also listed. I haven't found part 3 & 4
But 2 stops mid sentence before Bulge begins
Connie