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Oral history interview with Scott S. Stevenson

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  • "Scott Stevenson, a Tomahawk, Wis. veteran, discusses his World War II service with the 300th Infantry Regiment and later with the 1st Division in Europe. He talks about special service training at Fort Benning (Georgia) including courses in flying gliders, map reading, and assaulting pill boxes. As a member of a mortar crew, Stevenson comments on weapons techniques, carrying ammunition, and his role in charge of the mortar tube. Stevenson mentions training for the D-Day landing, coming ashore at Omaha Beach, heavy enemy fire, and being hit in the face with shrapnel. He comments on moving through France, being wounded for a second time, medical treatment by a hospital corpsman, and high casualty rates among officers. Stevenson was evacuated to a hospital ship and mentions treatment, return to the United States, discharge from service, and attending radio school using the GI Bill."

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  • "Oral history interview with Scott S. Stevenson"