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Walter Stevens, Fort Sill, OK [ca. 1942]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 77th Field Artillery Regiment; 634th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Location of Service: Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Camp Bowie, Texas; North Africa; Sicily; Italy; France; Austria; Germany
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/1153

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"Knowing that just a few hundred yards more in a different direction it could very well have been me that would have been hit, and of course the fact that someone who was your best friend did receive an injury like that…it brought the war home very sharply to us." (Audio Interview, 26:27)

Walter Stevens spent 33 months in combat in Europe, much of it in the Italian Campaign. He experienced the invasion of Sicily and Anzio and would enter Rome as part of the liberating army on June 2, 1944. Stevens's intense experiences, including nearly losing his best friend at Anzio, lend weight to his critical assessment of tactical decisions made at Anzio. His artillery unit would be stalled on the same piece of land for four months, providing an easy target for the Germans and their artillery.

Walter B. Stevens Collection
Interview / Recording

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About this Item

Title

  • Walter B. Stevens Collection

Names

  • Stevens, Walter B.
  • Stevens, Paul

Home State

  • Iowa

Headings

  • -  Stevens, Walter B.
  • -  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

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 77th Field Artillery Regiment; 634th Field Artillery Battalion
    • Location of Service: Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Camp Bowie, Texas; North Africa; Sicily; Italy; France; Austria; Germany
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1946
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran contracted malaria while in the service.

Materials

  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2001-08-07)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2001-08-07)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2001-08-07; 2007-11-07)
  • Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2001-08-07; 2007-06-29)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2001-08-07)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/1153

Cite as

  • Walter B. Stevens Collection (AFC/2001/001/1153), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

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Citing VHP Materials

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Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Stevens, Walter B, and Paul Stevens. Walter B. Stevens Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01153/.

APA citation style:

Stevens, W. B. & Stevens, P. (1942) Walter B. Stevens Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01153/.

MLA citation style:

Stevens, Walter B, and Paul Stevens. Walter B. Stevens Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01153/>.