Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Theodore H. Kerwood Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 82nd Airborne, 207th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Company B
- Location of Service: Fort Benning, Georgia; Casablanca, Morocco; Sicily, Italy; Africa; Northern Ireland; England; Holland; France; Belgium
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/9004
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About this Item
Title
- Theodore H. Kerwood Collection
Names
- National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey (Center for US War Veterans Oral Histories)
- Fowler, Carol R.
- Kerwood, Theodore H.
Home State
- New Jersey
Headings
- - Kerwood, Theodore H.
- - 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: 82nd Airborne, 207th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Company B
- Location of Service: Fort Benning, Georgia; Casablanca, Morocco; Sicily, Italy; Africa; Northern Ireland; England; Holland; France; Belgium
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1939-1945
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: Biographical data form notes the following: dropped with the 101st Airborne into Normandy and hurt ankle; was in the front lines of the Battle of the Bulge; carried TNT boxes to demolish a bridge (12/14/1944, Vielsalm, Belgium); received a bayonet wound to the hipbone during hand-to-hand combat in Italy.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-09-30; 2007-12-31)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945-02-24-1945-09-30)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2003-09-30; 2003-09-30)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/9004
Cite as
- Theodore H. Kerwood Collection (AFC/2001/001/9004), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Africa
- Belgium
- Casablanca, Morocco
- England
- Fort Benning, Georgia
- France
- Holland
- Northern Ireland
- Sicily, Italy