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Interviewee
Anderson, Warren
Document Type
Oral History
Date of Interview
4-15-2005
Abstract
Warren Anderson was born 22 July 1924 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. He entered the US Army in 1943 and trained to be a paratrooper. By 1944 he was overseas, part of Company C, 504th Battalion, 82nd Airborne. In December 1944, shortly after arriving in Belgium, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. As a POW, Warren spent time in a number of small German towns near Aachen digging gun emplacements; in January 1945 he arrived at Stalag XII-A in Limburg where he was held for about a month before being transferred to Stalag IX-B, Bad Orb where he spent March-April 1945 until being liberated by American forces. Warren spent a brief period at an American field hospital and then a hospital in Paris, France, before being transported back to the United States.
Copyright
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the written permission of Concordia University Library or Thomas Saylor, Department of History, Concordia University, St. Paul.
Recommended Citation
Saylor, Thomas, "Oral History Project World War II Years, 1941-1946 - Warren Anderson" (2005). Oral History Project: World War II Years, 1941-1946. 2.
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/oral-history_ww2/2
PDF Transcript of Interview with Warren Anderson