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  • Duffy, Gowan Czechoslovakia

    Gowan Duffy was stationed in Czechoslovakia [Annotator’s Note: for occupation duty after the war]. Duffy picked up a horse that was running free.

  • Duffy, Gowan Enlistment

    Gowan Duffy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in December 1920. He would bounce from one job to another because they were scarce.

  • Duffy, Gowan Entering the Hurtgen Forest

    Gowan Duffy remembers that in between battles, his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 141st Field Artillery Battalion] would get breaks.

  • Duffy, Gowan Following Patton

    Gowan Duffy remembers they started to run out of supplies. Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S.

  • Duffy, Gowan Friendly Fire

    Gowan Duffy does not think he came across any man in shock. Some of the men in his unit were dragging because of exhaustion.

  • Duffy, Gowan German Artillery

    Gowan Duffy remembers that they would refer to one German plane as Bed Check Charlie [Annotator's Note: nickname given to aircraft that perfor

  • Duffy, Gowan Heading to Saint-Lo

    Gowan Duffy remembers the German planes would start at one end of the beach strafing and go on to the other end.

  • Duffy, Gowan Liberating Paris

    Gowan Duffy remembers all the soldiers at Omaha Beach were seasoned German soldiers.

  • Duffy, Gowan Normandy Landing

    Gowan Duffy remembers the waters were still rough from the storm the day before.

  • Duffy, Gowan Occupation Duty

    Gowan Duffy started his patrol duty on the American and Russian borders. He was rotated home in September [Annotator’s Note: of 1945].

  • Duffy, Gowan Postwar Life

    Gowan Duffy saw the French resistance fighters. They did not associate with them. He assumed they were finding hidden German soldiers.

  • Duffy, Gowan Preparing for D-Day

    Gowan Duffy was stationed in Northern Ireland [Annotator’s Note: with the 141st Field Artillery Battalion]. They trained in the rain.

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