Michael Anthony Accordino Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1943-1945

Entrance into Service:

Drafted

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

Company A, 299th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Army

Location of Service:

Camp White, Oregon; Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Pierce, Florida; England; Normandy, France; Germany; Belgium

Battles/Campaigns:

Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion), Battle of the Bulge

Highest Rank:

Technician Five

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

Veteran landed in the first wave (prior to infantry) with Company A on Omaha Beach; he was attached to 5th Corps. Their mission was to blow fifty-yard gaps in the obstacles set up by the Germans.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: VHS [1 item] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Memoirs [2 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Regimental/unit histories [1 item] --Typewritten document

Photograph: Digital print [2 items] --Photographs

Interviewer:

Joseph Panzarella

Contributor:

Joseph Panzarella

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

VA Medical Center   Buffalo   New York

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/44573

Subjects:

Accordino, Michael Anthony
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Michael Anthony Accordino Collection
(AFC/2001/001/44573), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress