During World War II, the Army’s Information & Historical personnel conducted hundreds of interviews of troops immediately after significant combat events. The interviews of the 7th Armored Division were:

• August 1944: Beaches to Chartres to Melun to Verdun, France
• September 44: Verdun to Metz and the Moselle River, France (These are hospital Interviews, not combat interviews. Thus they also have information about August 1944.)
• October-November 44: German attack at Meijel, Netherlands and vicinity, 27 Oct - 7 Nov 1944
• December 1944: the St. Vith Salient, at Krombach, and at Manhay, Belgium
• January 1945: the recapture of St. Vith, Belgium
• March 1945: the Remagen Bridgehead and breakout (encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket) in Germany
• April 1945: the reduction of the Ruhr Pocket in Germany

All of these records are now available. I have transcribed and indexed some of them. The rest are available as photocopies of the original interviews and maps – or the first copy of the transcribed and indexed version if I happen to be working on that when you order it. (They will all be transcribed and indexed, after I have completed writing the history of 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, probably in about 2002.)

• Entire War
  • Selected World War II Combat Interviews.

• Northern France
  • Hospital Interviews of the 7th Armored Division

• The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Offensive)
  • 7th Armored Division Presidential Unit Citation, St. Vith, Belgium, December 1944: Recommendation, Supporting Documents, Combat Command "B" Citation (Click here for information about this book.)

  • Boyer, Donald P. Boyer at St. Vith: Major Donald P. Boyer's "Personal Report: Narrative Account of Action of 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division, Battle of St. Vith, 17-22 December 1944" and "Notes - The Battle of St. Vith, 17-22 December 1944" (Click here for information about this book.)

  • US Army Armor School Research and Evaluation Division. The Defense of St. Vith, Belgium 17-23 December 1944: An historical example of armor in the defense. Fort Knox: Armored School. (Click here for information about this book.)

  • Combat Interviews of the 7th Armored Division: The 7th Armored Division Goes Back: St. Vith 20-23 January 1945 (Click here for information about this book.)