Description
Summary: | Before the war McKnight was working for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) clearing land for roads and bridges using demolitions; he later joined the Army and volunteered for the airborne; after training at Ft. Benning and North Africa he jumped into Sicily; he fought in Naples in Italy; he jumped into Caan on D-Day and Holland during Operation Market Garden; he became a POW briefly during the Battle of the Bulge; he served with the 82nd Airborne Division until reaching the Elbe river; after Sicily he was injured and transferred to the 325th Glider Battalion.
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Item Description: | Archive Reference: OH.1723. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (video file 0:39:20) : sound, colour. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource (viewed on 12 June, 2019). |
Location of Originals/Duplicates Note: | The National WWII Museum. |