Ervin H. Goodman War Experience

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This site contains audio files about World War II.  They are Windows Media Audio (WMA) files.  Each file is 5 to 10 minutes long.  There are four parts to the entire interview.  To listen, click the links below.

Part I

Pre-War History

News of Pearl Harbor

Pre-Enlistment Construction Jobs

Enlistment

Train to Fort Knox

Basic Training

School after Basic Training

Army Specialized Training

Part II

France Landing

Belgium

Holland (Netherlands)

Germany - Forests to River Crossing

Germany in December, Battle of the Bulge, Front Line Patrols

Wartime Food/Cooking - Rations, Pancakes, Pot Roast, Coffee

British Army, Big Push, Radio Communication/Codes, Liaison Duty

Forest Shelters, Phones, Rockets, Phone Line Repair

Night Patrol, Jeep Patrol, Machine Gun Companies

Team Members

Rhine River Crossing

Part III

Casualties - Replacements - Accidents

Friendly Fire

Alcohol Fueled Rockets

Liberating Electric Generators, Firearms, Prisoners, etc.

Assimilating  Russian Prisoners

Marching On, Taking Prisoners, Ambush/Separation

Captured Liquor - Outpost Guard Duty - Noisy POWs on the lose

Clearing Houses - Sergeant Pratchner

Leipzig - Back to France - 40 x 8s - Matson Ship liner - Soot - Luxury Food -  New Jersey

Fort Bliss - 30 Day Leave - A-Bomb

Preparations for Occupation of Japan

Discharge System

Part IV

Prisoners, Ambush, Pinned Down -- Revisited

Russians - Rhine Crossing - Replacements -- Revisited

Captives - Assimilated Russian - Leipzig - Cruise Ship to States -- Revisited

Liberating Banks - New Jersey - Ft. Bliss - 30 Day Leave - A-Bomb - Japan Worries -- Revisited