Personal Narrative 3D Object Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Donald F. Copes Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: A Battery, 402nd Field Artillery, 42nd Infantry Division
- Location of Service: Camp Gruber, Oklahoma; Camp Kilmer, New Jersey; Marseilles, France; Weisberg, France; Germany; Austria; European Theater
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/52028
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About this Item
Title
- Donald F. Copes Collection
Names
- Fine, Sally
- Copes, Donald F.
- VA Medical Center, Prescott, Arizona
- Patsy L. Ray (videographer)
- Gift, Gary R.
Home State
- Arizona
Headings
- - Copes, Donald F.
- - 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: A Battery, 402nd Field Artillery, 42nd Infantry Division
- Location of Service: Camp Gruber, Oklahoma; Camp Kilmer, New Jersey; Marseilles, France; Weisberg, France; Germany; Austria; European Theater
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1943-1946
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran served in the Army Reserve until his retirement in 1968 with a rank of captain.
Materials
- Video: Digital File [ item] -- (collected unknown)
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2007-03-14)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 1944)
- Artifact: Artifact photocopy [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/52028
Cite as
- Donald F. Copes Collection (AFC/2001/001/52028), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Austria
- Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
- Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- European Theater
- Germany
- Marseilles, France
- Weisberg, France