| Title: |
John Philip Manger
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/649
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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: |
John Manger put his college engineering degree to good work as a member of the 164th Engineer Battalion in the European Theater of World War II. Captain Manger and his men were responsible for building, fortifying, and protecting bridges that would speed the Allies’ push to victory in the wake of the Normandy Invasion. Their key job was at Remagen, an important railroad bridge across the Rhine River. The Germans were determined to destroy the bridge, even employing swimmers to attach explosives to its base. Manger’s collection includes several documents which contain invaluable details about this story.
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| URL: |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00649/transcript?ID=sr0001
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Manger, John Philip, 1916-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
29-Jun-1916
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Laurium, MI; Michigan; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
86
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| Document date: |
22-Feb-2002
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| Interviewer: |
Manger, Douglas McLean
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Ardennes; Basse-Normandy, France; Belgium; England; Europe; France; Germany; North America; Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; United Kingdom; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Ardennes; Basse-Normandy, France; Belgium; England; Europe; France; Germany; North America; Oral history; Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; U.S. Army; United Kingdom; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0032755-35841
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