Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Leroy Elmer Fritz Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 745th Tank Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
- Location of Service: United States; Belgium; Germany; Luxembourg; Czechoslovakia; European Theater
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/87140
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About this Item
Title
- Leroy Elmer Fritz Collection
Names
- Heyen, Derek
- Illinois WWII Classroom Project
- Fritz, Leroy Elmer
- Miener, Julie
- Ashley Heyen
Home State
- Illinois
Headings
- - Fritz, Leroy Elmer
- - 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: 745th Tank Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
- Location of Service: United States; Belgium; Germany; Luxembourg; Czechoslovakia; European Theater
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1943-1946
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veterans duties included firing mortars.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2011-08-17)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Self-interview (collected 2009-11-12)
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 1943-2007; 2011)
- Manuscript: Civilian papers (certificates, forms, wills, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2006)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2007-04-09)
- Photograph: Digital print [13 items] -- Photograph (collected 1943-2011)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/87140
Cite as
- Leroy Elmer Fritz Collection (AFC/2001/001/87140), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video