Michael Anthony Accordino Collection

Biographical Information

Gender

Male

Race

White

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1943-1945

Entrance into Service

Drafted

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

Company A, 299th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Army

Location of Service

Camp White, Oregon; Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Pierce, Florida; England; Normandy, France; Germany; Belgium; European Theater

Battles/Campaigns

Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion), Battle of the Bulge

Highest Rank

Technician Five

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran landed in the first wave (prior to infantry) with Company A on Omaha Beach; he was attached to V Corps. Their mission was to blow fifty-yard gaps in the obstacles set up by the Germans.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Regimental/unit histories [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Photograph: Digital print [2 items] -- Photograph

Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Interviewer:

Joseph Panzarella

Contributor:

Joseph Panzarella

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/44573

Subjects:

Accordino, Michael Anthony

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

Michael Anthony Accordino Collection
(AFC/2001/001/44573), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress