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- Name:
- John A. Ripple
- Date of Birth:
- 1923
- Place of Birth:
- Altoona, PA
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Unspecified
- Home State:
- MI
- War or Conflict:
- World War II, 1939-1946
- Status:
- Veteran
- Dates of Service:
- 1943-1945
- Entrance into Service:
- Drafted
- Branch of Service:
- Army
- Unit of Service:
- 397th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Provisional Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division; 397th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 49th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade
- Location of Service:
- Normandy, France; European Theater
- Battles/Campaigns:
- D-Day Normandy Invasion
- Highest Rank:
- Private First Class
- Prisoner of War:
- No
- Service Related Injury:
- No
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- Type of Resource:
- Video: DVD [1 item] --Oral history interview
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [4 items] --Typewritten document
- Photograph: Digital print [5 items] --Photographs
- Video: DVD [1 item] --Reference copy
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] --Typewritten document
- Interviewer:
- William J. Vollano
- Donor:
- Mimi Chapman
- Donor Affiliation/Organization:
- Ypsilanti District Library and Ypsilanti Rotary
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/38841
- Subjects:
- Ripple, John
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army.
- Cite as:
- John Ripple Collection (AFC/2001/001/38841), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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