Tom Bradley is an American veteran of the Second World War, having served with the 29th Infantry Division in Europe. Tom hails from New Jersey, where he grew up during the Great Depression. When the war came, he was in school in Massachusetts, expecting to go on to college. But the government had other ideas, and he was sent off for basic training and then overseas to Europe, one of four brothers from the Bradley family who would do the same. Tom went ashore at Omaha Beach in the weeks after D-Day and along with the 29th he set out across France, and into Belgium and Germany. Tom served in the Ammunition Corps, keeping the front line soldiers supplied with needed materiel.
Scott Masters interviewed him at his home in Falmouth, Maine in July 2016.
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- 1. Tom Bradley - Introduction.mp4
- 2. Growing up in New Jersey; Family and War.mp4
- 3. The Hartford Road Gang.mp4
- 4. The News of the World.mp4
- 5. Perceptions of Hitler and Nazism.mp4
- 6. Time to Join up.mp4
- 7. Basic Training and Cognac; Going Overseas.mp4
- 8. Arrival in England.mp4
- 9. Crossing the Channel.mp4
- 10. Going Ashore at Omaha Beach.mp4
- 11. The 29th Infantry Division.mp4
- 12. St-Lo and Normandy.mp4
- 13. On to Paris; L'Ile de St-Louis.mp4
- 14. Liege and into Germany.mp4
- 15. Une parisienne; VE Day.mp4
- 16. The Army of Occupation.mp4
- 17. Back to Civilian Life.mp4
