Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
1:27 | A few weeks after landing at Normandy, Harville Shepard remembers the sensations of witnessing 3500 Allied aircraft making their way overhead to bomb the German lines.
After training in England, Harville Shepard recalls preparing for the Normandy invasion on D-Day.
Harville Shepard describes the dangers that Allied troops faced crossing hedgerows in the French countryside, and how a few clever soldiers found a solution.
Harville Shepard recalls a memorable July 4th artillery barrage against German troops in France in 1944.
Harville Shepard recalls chasing retreating German troops into the city of Brest, France, and the resulting artillery battles which took place there.
Harville Shepard talks about the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, in 1945.
