Ervin H. Goodman War Experience

13 Jun 1923 – 4 Apr 2010

3rd Great-grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
2nd Great-grandson of Louis Philip Cardon and Susette Stalé
Great-grandson of Joseph Samuel Cardon and Selenia Mesenile Walker
Grandson of Joseph Elmer Cardon and Lucinda Hurst
Son of Ella Cardon and Howard Arthur Goodman

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Obituary

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The links below are to Digital Audio (MP3) files. Each file is 5 to 10 minutes long. There are four parts to the entire interview. Depending on your browser and your browser settings, click the links below to listen/download the audio files.

Part I

Pre-War History

News of Pearl Harbor

Pre-Enlistment Construction Jobs

Enlistment

Train to Fort Knox

Basic Training

School after Basic Training

Army Specialized Training

Part II

France Landing

Belgium

Holland (Netherlands)

Germany – Forests to River Crossing

Germany in December, Battle of the Bulge, Front Line Patrols

Wartime Food/Cooking – Rations, Pancakes, Post Roast, Coffee

British Army, Push, Radio Communications/Codes Liaison Duty Line Repair

Forest Selters, Phones, Rockets, Phone L

Night Patrol, Jeep Patrol, Machine Gun Companies

Team Members

Rhine River Crossing

Part III

Casualties – Replacements – Accidents

Friendly Fire

Alcohol Fueled Rockets

Liberating Electric Generators, Firearms, Prisoners, etc.

Assimilating Russian Prisoners

Marching On, Taking Prisoners, Ambush/Separation

Captured Liquor – Outpost Guard Duty – Noisy POWs on the loose

Clearing Houses – Sergeant Pratchner

Leipzig – Back to France – 40 x 8s – Matson Ship Liner – Soot – Luxury Food – New Jersey

Fort Bliss – 30 Day Leave – A Bomb

Preparations for Occupation of Japan

Discharge System

Part IV

Prisoners, Ambush, Pinned Down — Revisited

Russians – Rhine Crossing – Replacements — Revisited

Captives – Assimilated Russian – Leipzig – Cruise Ship to States — Revisited

Liberating Banks – New Jersey – Ft. Bliss –

30 Day Leave – A-Bomb – Japan Worries Revisited