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Philip A. Lunday oral history

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Call NumberOH227-2018-1445CreatorLunday, Philip A.ContributorContiguglia, GeorgiannaDateOctober 11, 1993SummaryDiscusses being drafted, going through 2 basic trainings and serving on various bases before being trained as a mechanic and being transferred to the 10th Mountain Division. He was assigned to D Company of the 126th Engineers, which functioned to support the infantry. He landed in Naples in January and went to Pisa. It was his duty to maintain the tramway engines. He says the biggest problem was the trucks having flat tires because of the shrapnel on the roads. He also tells a story of a tractor driver that accidentally backed his vehicle off a cliff while trying to evade German artillery fire. The driver jumped and survived. He did not have the winter and mountain training of many of the 10th Mountain troops, so his experience is different from many others.Physical Description2 audio files (51:14), 1 indexSubjectLunday, Philip A.--InterviewsUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th--Archival resourcesUnited States. Army. Engineer Battalion, 126th. Company DSki troopsAmerican. Soldiers--United States--InterviewsSki troops--InterviewsNotesThis oral history was digitized as part of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk grant project.Collection10th Mountain Division Records

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Philip Lunday rests his chin on his hand and looks out the window of a train