Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
0.401388889 | At the French port of Lorient, Jack Brantley and his artillery unit face a break out attempt by German Army forces desperate to escape their encirclement.
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At the French port of Lorient, Jack Brantley and his artillery unit face a break out attempt by German Army forces desperate to escape their encirclement.
Jack Brantley recalls the lack of rations in his battalion and what they ate to survive the Battle of Normandy.
Jack Brantley lands on Utah Beach at Normandy twelve days after the initial landings.
Jack Brantley remembers crossing the Atlantic from New York to England and the drama in between.
Jack Brantley recalls firing on the German town of Wesel as well as the aftermath of attempting to cross the Rhine river.
Jack Brantley and his unit receive the Presidential Unit Citation for action in the French city Metz.
Jack Brantley witnesses the use of one of the first multiple rocket emplacements during the invasion of Germany.
Jack Brantley recalls two separate fighter crash landings and the aftermath to the German pilots.
Photos of the push through the Bulge and into the heart of Germany.
Personal memoir of Jack Brantley's WWII military service from enlistment to discharge (695th Armored Field Artillery Battalion).
