Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is an interview with WWII Veteran LTC Robert Chisholm of the 82nd Airborne Division. He joined the army at 17 and volunteered to be a paratrooper. He served in Operation Overlord aka D-Day and vividly describes the intense hedgerow fighting including an encounter with two germans on a motorcycle and sidecar. LTC Chisholm volunteered to take his friend's place on a dangerous patrol which resulted in him getting his first of three wounds. After Normandy and his recuperation from his wounds, he jumped in Holland during Operation Market Garden made famous by A Bridge Too Far. He participated in serious combat actions including one incident where he got face to face with the enemy. He also took on a German tank and won! After the liberation of Holland, his unit took part in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded a German artillery bombardment after a shell hit a tree which made the shrapnel his LTC Chisholm in the face and legs. Please subscribe to watch more interview with the WWII Veterans of the Allied Countries.
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This is an interview with WWII Veteran LTC Robert Chisholm of the 82nd Airborne Division. He joined the army at 17 and volunteered to be a paratrooper. He served in Operation Overlord aka D-Day and vividly describes the intense hedgerow fighting including an encounter with two germans on a motorcycle and sidecar. LTC Chisholm volunteered to take his friend's place on a dangerous patrol which resulted in him getting his first of three wounds. After Normandy and his recuperation from his wounds, he jumped in Holland during Operation Market Garden made famous by A Bridge Too Far. He participated in serious combat actions including one incident where he got face to face with the enemy. He also took on a German tank and won! After the liberation of Holland, his unit took part in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded a German artillery bombardment after a shell hit a tree which made the shrapnel his LTC Chisholm in the face and legs. Please subscribe to watch more interview with the WWII Veterans of the Allied Countries.
OUR MISSION:
On a mission to interview WWII heroes daily, to raise awareness of their enormous sacrifices, and to provide a proper in-depth filmed interview of their experiences in WWII.
Go to our website and to tell us about WWII veterans you know: rememberww2.org
Founded in 2016, Remember is a nonprofit 501©(3) organization. (EIN/tax ID number: 81-3064351). 110% of Remember WWII’s expended resources are devoted entirely to interviewing interview with the vast majority of money going to travel costs.
WWII D-Day Paratrooper Describes Hand to Hand Combat in Europe and Being Wounded Three Times | RWW2
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