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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 7th Armored Division
  • Location of Service: European Theater
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/42566

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When Stanley Jaeger became eligible for the draft during World War II, he decided to enlist. He admits that his mother didn’t like the Navy uniforms and didn’t want him up in the air, so he became an Army recruit. From his home in North Dakota, he went to Camp Hood, Texas for training and couldn’t get over the contrasting landscape and weather. He joined several thousand men aboard the Queen Mary, landed in Glasgow, took a train to London, and eventually boarded a liberty ship to cross the English Channel. During the Battle of the Bulge, he was wounded in both arms and was captured by the Germans. In a POW camp, a medic had to amputate his right arm, with only light anesthetic available, but Jaeger lived through that, rats, fleas, bedbugs, and starvation rations to return to his native North Dakota.

Stanley A. Jaeger Collection
Interview / Recording

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Stanley A. Jaeger Collection
Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Stanley A. Jaeger Collection

Names

  • Martin, Benjamin
  • Jaeger, Stanley A.

State of Birth

  • ND

Home State

  • ND

Headings

  • -  Jaeger, Stanley A.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Prisoner of War -- United States

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 7th Armored Division
    • Location of Service: European Theater
    • Highest Rank: Private First Class
    • Dates of Service: 1944-1946
    • Prisoner of War: Yes
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/05/2003)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/05/2003)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/42566

Cite as

  • Stanley A. Jaeger Collection (AFC/2001/001/42566), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio

Additional Metadata Formats

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Service Branch

Location of Service

Service Unit

Prisoner of War

Highest Rank

Discharge Status

Gender

Home State

Interviewee

Interviewer

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Martin, Benjamin, and Stanley A Jaeger. Stanley A. Jaeger Collection. 1944. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.42566/.

APA citation style:

Martin, B. & Jaeger, S. A. (1944) Stanley A. Jaeger Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.42566/.

MLA citation style:

Martin, Benjamin, and Stanley A Jaeger. Stanley A. Jaeger Collection. 1944. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.42566/>.