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Christopher Brous [detail from group photo], Belgium [winter 1944-45]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: 27th Combat Engineer Battalion; 23rd Armored Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division
  • Location of Service: Fort Slocum, New York; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; Fort Belvoir and Camp Pickett, Virginia; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Camp Polk, Louisiana; California; Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania; England; Normandy, France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/79337

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Interview / Recording

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8mm Home Movies

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[ Photo Album ]
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[ Memoir: "My Army Career 1940 - 1945, Captain Christopher James Brous" ]
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[ Biographical information for Captain Christopher Brous ]

About this Item

Title

  • Christopher James Brous Collection

Names

  • Brous, Christopher James
  • Central Connecticut State University
  • Capezza, Sharon S.
  • McGuckin, Briana

Home State

  • Connecticut

Headings

  • -  Brous, Christopher James
  • -  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
    • Service Unit/Ship: 27th Combat Engineer Battalion; 23rd Armored Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Slocum, New York; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; Fort Belvoir and Camp Pickett, Virginia; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Camp Polk, Louisiana; California; Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania; England; Normandy, France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1941-1945
    • Prisoner of War: Yes
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) in Normandy in the summer of 1944. He was held in Paris by the Germans, and eventually left behind on a train car when the Germans were evacuating through France. He was helped by the French Resistance, then evacuated by the American military to recover from wounds to England. Afterwards he returned to his unit in Belgium.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2011-02-10)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2011-02-10)
  • Video: CD [1 item] -- Home movie footage (collected 1943)
  • Photograph: Digital print [11 items] -- Photographs (collected 1942-2011)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2011)
  • Manuscript: Civilian papers (certificates, forms, wills, etc) [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 2001-03)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1944)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [3 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1944)
  • Manuscript: Diaries and journals [6 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1944-1945)
  • Manuscript: Maps [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945-05)
  • Manuscript: Memoir [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2011)
  • Manuscript: Military Papers [11 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1941-1988)
  • Manuscript: Unit histories [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1943-08)
  • Video: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2011-08-25; 2011-08-25)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/79337

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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.

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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:

Brous, Christopher James, Central Connecticut State University, Sharon S Capezza, and Briana McGuckin. Christopher James Brous Collection. 1941. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.79337/.

APA citation style:

Brous, C. J., Central Connecticut State University, Capezza, S. S. & McGuckin, B. (1941) Christopher James Brous Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.79337/.

MLA citation style:

Brous, Christopher James, et al. Christopher James Brous Collection. 1941. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.79337/>.