"Fred Mercer, Co. B, 69th Sig. Bn., XX Corps, 3rd Army" [Ohrdruf]
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
United States--Army--Army, 3rd
United States--Army--Signal Battalion, 69th--Company B
Mercer, Fred
Content Note: Title from writing on reverse. Fred Mercer poses between two Army jeeps. A large group of American troops are gathered behind the jeeps. Numbered 116 on the reverse.
Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)
1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" bent, cracked, scratches, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling. Reverse of photo: writing.
1 - 1 - 1945
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).
JPG (72 dpi); 62 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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Fred Mercer interview
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
United States--Army--Army, 3rd
United States--Army--Signal Battalion, 69th--Company B
Mercer, Fred
Solomon, Kaethe
Content Note: Transcript of an audio recording. Mercer served with the 'B' Company, 69th Signal Battalion, 20th Corps of the 3rd Army and witnessed the liberation of Buchenwald. Location of interview: Warner Robins, Georgia.
Mercer, Fred (Interviewee)
Solomon, Kaethe (Interviewer)
22 pages (oral history transcript) Typescript with handwritten edits.
6 - 8 - 1980
Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.
Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.
PDF file (72 dpi).
PDF (72 dpi); 4100 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.
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06080100CFLI00063001000.PDF