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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 207th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft; 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division; Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  • Location of Service: Camp Stewart, Georgia; Washington, DC; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Fort Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan; Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Southampton, England; Dijon, France; Le Havre, France; Liege, Belgium; Rhine River, Germany; Ruhr River, Germany; Holland
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/31401

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Robert Barrett Gruen Collection

Names

  • Gruen, Robert Barrett
  • U.S. House of Representatives/Wayne Gilchrest
  • Gilchrest, Wayne
  • Abey, Kathy

Home State

  • Maryland

Headings

  • -  Gruen, Robert Barrett
  • -  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: 207th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft; 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division; Walter Reed Army Medical Center
    • Location of Service: Camp Stewart, Georgia; Washington, DC; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Fort Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan; Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Southampton, England; Dijon, France; Le Havre, France; Liege, Belgium; Rhine River, Germany; Ruhr River, Germany; Holland
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1940-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served in the Medical Administrative Corps. He joined the 7th Regiment of the National Guard in 11/1940. When the Guard was nationalized in 02/1941, he left for Camp Stewart, Georgia. After maneuvers in North Carolina in the fall he was transferred to the 85th Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) from the 207th CAAA. In 11/1942, he attended Officer Candidate School in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. When he was commissioned in January, he was assigned to a Reception Center at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan which was then moved to Fort Sheridan, Illinois. He then spent time in England and Belgium before being assigned to the 30th Division which took him across the Rhine River and up to the Ruhr River where he was hospitalized for a serious arm infection. Served with a medical supply depot in Liege, Belgium. He was shipped home when the war ended traveling through Le Havre, France and Southampton, England and discharged in 2/1946.

Materials

  • Photograph: Original photographic print [1 item] -- Portrait (collected 2003-07-08)
  • Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-07-08)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1946-1947)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/31401

Cite as

  • Robert Barrett Gruen Collection (AFC/2001/001/31401), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

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:

Gruen, Robert Barrett, U.S. House Of Representatives/Wayne Gilchrest, Wayne Gilchrest, and Kathy Abey. Robert Barrett Gruen Collection. 1940. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.31401/.

APA citation style:

Gruen, R. B., U.S. House Of Representatives/Wayne Gilchrest, Gilchrest, W. & Abey, K. (1940) Robert Barrett Gruen Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.31401/.

MLA citation style:

Gruen, Robert Barrett, et al. Robert Barrett Gruen Collection. 1940. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.31401/>.