Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
4:40 | His Atlantic crossing was fine, but when Curtis Brann was crossing the English Channel to join the push across France, his transport, the SS Leopoldville, was torpedoed and it sank. He made it to an escort vessel and became one of the lucky survivors. Once the unit was reassembled, they were sent to contain German forces around submarine pens on the French coast. (This interview made possible with the support of LOIS WALTON in memory of JOHN H. FINK.)
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He had been helping out on the family farm and in his father's saw mill when he got the call to arms. Curtis Brann and two of his brothers were drafted into the army in 1944. One of the brothers was destined for tragedy in the Pacific, while he was sent to the European theater.(This interview made possible with the support of LOIS WALTON in memory of JOHN H. FINK.)
From Christmas of 1944 to May of 1945, Curtis Brann slept in the open and he found out how cold it could actually get. You couldn't build a fire because the German 88's would zero in on the smoke. (This interview made possible with the support of LOIS WALTON in memory of JOHN H. FINK.)
