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- Name:
- Melvin Earl Biddle
- State of Birth:
- IN
- Home State:
- IN
- Note
- MV01 contains an interview with Robert Martin Patterson AFC 2001/001/89765. MV03 contains an interview with Gary George Wetzel AFC 2001/001/89821.
- Gender
- Male
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1942-1945
- Entrance into Service
- Drafted
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Unit of Service
- Company B, 1st Battalion, 517th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team
- Location of Service
- Italy; France; Soy, Belgium; Germany; European Theater
- Battles/Campaigns
- Battle of the Bulge
- Highest Rank
- Private First Class
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service near Soy, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge on 12/23/1944. The veteran notes that he was wounded twice. He held the rank of corporal temporarily but was discharged as a private first class. He notes that he went on active duty on 02/02/1943.
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- Type of Resource:
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] -- Typewritten document
- Interviewer:
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unknown interviewer
- Contributor:
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Thomas Wilkerson
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (CMOH)
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/89628
- Subjects:
- Biddle, Melvin Earl
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army.
- Cite as:
- Melvin Earl Biddle Collection
(AFC/2001/001/89628), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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