Richard Thomas Alexander Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1942-1945

Entrance into Service:

Drafted

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

Headquarters Battery, 83rd Infantry Division

Location of Service:

Camp Croft; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Camp Atterbury, Indiana; England; Normandy, France; Luxembourg; Germany

Battles/Campaigns:

Carentan, Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion) Omaha Beach

Highest Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Prisoner of War:

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] --Typewritten document

Audio: Audio Cassette [5 items]

Interviewer:

G. Piehler

Contributor:

G. Piehler

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Center for the Study of War and Society   University of Tennessee

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/30013

Subjects:

Alexander, Richard Thomas
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Richard Thomas Alexander Collection
(AFC/2001/001/30013), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress