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[Photograph of Damaged Buildings in Singling, France]

Photograph of a battle damaged building next to a muddy road in Singling, France. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "This is place where we first went into battle. Had our first deaths here."

Date: December 7, 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Battle Aftermath]

Photograph of the aftermath of a battle in a village, with several overturned tanks next to a dirt road, and buildings in the distance.

Date: [1944..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Two Artillery Guns]

Photograph of two wheeled artillery pieces on the muddy ground during a fire fight. A few soldiers are visible by the wheels.

Date: [1942..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Six Men Standing Among Palm Trees]

Photograph of five uniformed Army soldiers and a man in a sports coat standing together among palm trees. The military men are identified from left to right as Ed Feron, Dan Melli, John Battles, Charles Awe, and Joseph Silverstone.

Date: June 8, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Posing Outside of Furst Chateau]

Photograph of five uniformed American soldiers posing together outside of Furst Chateau, a two-story brick building with two rows of windows with shutters. Everett Roeder stands on a truck to the left. The men standing in the foreground are Dan Melli, John Battles, Nathan Levine, and John Vitolo.

Date: February 21, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Military Personnel Standing in Front of Treatment Center]

Photograph of United States military personnel gathered on the steps outside of a half-timbered building. Captain Earl and Captain Pipell are located at the top left. John Battles, Leone, Roeder, and Dalton are sitting. A man identified as Hallenbeck stands in the foreground.

Date: April 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers Near a Casualty Clearing Station]

Photograph of three uniformed U.S. Army soldiers standing in front of a casualty clearing station. Dan Melli rides a motorcycle in the foreground with John Battles and Nathan Levine behind him leaning against a stone wall. The casualty clearing station is a stone hospital building with two arched entryways.

Date: April 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

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Oral History Interview with John Wilson, January 31, 2002

Interview with John Wilson, an officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Wilson was born in Illinois but attended high school in the Philippines after his father accepted an engineering position there. He graduated from high school in 1939 and then enrolled in the University of Wisconsin, where he participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He graduated and took his commission in the Army in 1943. After Officer Candidate School (OCS), he was assigned to an engineerin… more

Date: January 31, 2002

Duration: 36 minutes 42 seconds

Creator: Pratt, Rick & Wilson, John

Item Type: Sound

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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