Box 1

Scope and Contents Drafted in 1943. Sent to the recruiting center at El Paso, Texas; basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas. While stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland, met President Franklin Roosevelt. Trained in Scotland. Landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day, wounded in mouth. Describes fighting on the beach and in Normandy, Saint-Lô, Rhine. 29th Infantry Division. Wounded in leg at Saint-Lô. Ran into Kewa (Santo Domingo) medic at field hospital. Heels of boots blown off by strafing. Mentions that no one else there spoke...