Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Edward Wallace Hopkins Collection
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Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Battery A, 411th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, 3rd Army; Training Cadre, Camp Croft
- Location of Service: European Theater
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/1
The day World War II came to an official end, Edward Hopkins and his antiaircraft crew were taking no chances, picking off a German plane whose intentions weren't clear. Hopkins was in Austria at the time, attached to Patton's Third Army, which had been famously diverted from driving straight on into Berlin for the end of the war. His postwar experiences included supervising German civilians as they cleaned up the Dachau death camp and visiting the grave of his brother in France, who had been killed in action there.
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PlayPatton's frustration at being diverted from Berlin; the end of the war. 00:01:21.0 - 00:03:51.0
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PlaySupervising the cleanup at Dachau. 00:04:40.0 - 00:07:31.0
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PlayVisiting his brother's grave in France. 00:27:12.0 - 00:33:00.0
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PlayPostwar relations with German civilians; their reaction to Dachau. 00:37:05.0 - 00:39:45.0
About this Item
Title
- Edward Wallace Hopkins Collection
Names
- Hopkins, Martha E.
- Library of Congress
- Hopkins, Edward Wallace
Home State
- Virginia
Headings
- - Hopkins, Edward Wallace
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Battery A, 411th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, 3rd Army; Training Cadre, Camp Croft
- Location of Service: European Theater
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1943-1946
- Entrance into Service: Drafted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [2 items] -- Photograph (collected 1943-2000)
- Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy (collected 2001-07-21)
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2001-07-21)
- Computer File: DVD [ item] -- (collected unknown)
- Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2001-07-21)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2001-07-21)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/1
Cite as
- Edward Wallace Hopkins Collection (AFC/2001/001/1), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- online text
- video