| Title: |
Frank E. McKee
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/3942
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
Frank McKee found out just how pugnacious his fellow paratroopers could be when he pulled MP duty in England and had to break up pub fights between the men of the 82nd Airborne and other units awaiting orders for D-Day. The night before the invasion, his plane dodged anti-aircraft fire, and he landed safely. He wasn't as lucky a month later, on July 4, when he "felt something like a horse kicked me in the back" during a skirmish with German troops. But he recovered from his wounds to parachute into Holland and fight through the coldest winter in Europe in 40 years, in the Battle of the Bulge.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
McKee, Frank E., 1921-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1921
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Passaic, NJ; New Jersey; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Frederickson, Donna
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
Battle of the Bulge, December 16, 1944-January 16, 1945; D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Belgium; England; Europe; France; Ireland; North America; United Kingdom; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Battle of the Bulge, December 16, 1944-January 16, 1945; Belgium; D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944; England; Europe; France; Ireland; North America; Oral history; U.S. Army; United Kingdom; United States; United States. Army--Parachute troops; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025856-27784
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