World War II Oral History
Aaron ElsonI discuss the themes and lessons of WW2 based on my hundreds of hours of recorded interviews and conversations with World War II veterans.
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This episode is personal
2d Lt. Maurice Elson
Over the years as I attended reunions of the 712th Tank Battalion and listened to hundred of stories, I myself became the subject of a handful of stories. Like the time Lieutenant Jim Flowers was telling some grandchil...
Requiem for a Panzer brigade
Two 712th tankers in front a knocked out Panzer at Mairy, France, Sept. 8,1944. Photo courtesy of Forrest Dixon
Things were quiet through the end of August for D Company’s “light” 17-ton Stuart tanks of the 712th Tank Battalion. They playe...
"Grab 'em by the nose and kick 'em in the ass"
For parts 1, 2 and 3 of this work-in-progress, based on the D Company journal of the 712th Tank Battalion, you can follow links at the end of this entry or go to the World War 2 Oral History home page, but each section should stand on its o...
The past as prelude
The memorial to the B Company, 712th Tank Battalion Sherman tank that was blown into the air and flipped by an explosive device in Normandy. Photo courtesy of Christian Levaufre
Just a reminder of how present is the past: Following the pub...
"Another Mark V Bit the Dust"
Andy Schifler. Photo courtesy of Andy Schifler Jr.
Part 1
Part 2
It’s easy to see why the importance and accomplishments of “little” D Company of the 712th Tank Battalion have been overlooked by historians, including myself. Th...
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In 1987 I went to a reunion of my father's tank battalion from World War 2. I was so moved by the stories the veterans shared among themselves, yet rarely told their families, that I returned with a tape recorder. The rest is history. Oral history.
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