Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Audio Recording Kenneth T. Delaney Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
- Location of Service: England; Normandy, France; Belgium; Germany; Czechoslovakia
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/1930
"I wasn't really nervous," Kenneth Delaney writes of landing on Omaha Beach, "I was just seasick." As he got off his landing craft, loaded with grenades, maps, a rifle and Bangalore torpedoes (explosive devices for removing barbed wire and other obstacles), Delaney was shot in the foot. As he watched many of the medics being killed, he managed to drag himself to safety and eventually got help. Wounded again that winter, Delaney was released from the hospital just in time to fight in the Battle of the Bulge.
Kenneth T. Delaney Collection
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Title
- Kenneth T. Delaney Collection
Names
- Sheila Edgerton
- National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
- Delaney, Kenneth
- Delaney, Kenneth T.
State of Birth
- NY
Home State
- CT
Headings
- - Delaney, Kenneth T.
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- Veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
- Location of Service: England; Normandy, France; Belgium; Germany; Czechoslovakia
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1943-1945
- Military Status: Veteran
Materials
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2003)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [4 items] -- (collected 1944 - 1945)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [ item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Self-interview (collected 2002)
- Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [7 items] -- Photograph (collected 1945 - 1980)
- Manuscript: Clippings [4 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Other Manuscript Material [1 item] -- (collected 1944)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [2 items] -- (collected unknown)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2003)
- Manuscript: Printed matter [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
- Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2002)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/1930
Cite as
- Kenneth T. Delaney Collection (AFC/2001/001/1930), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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