Butler, Henry John: my armed forces recollections (November 12, 2008)

Rank: Regimental Sergeant Major.

Interviewer: Campbell, Heather

ABSTRACT: Regimental Sergeant Major Henry John Butler Butler_J_0566_01.mp3 Part 1 Family background Tried to join the RAF but would have to wait so joined the Army instead Training - Ring way in Manchester Describes Equipment and weapons Landed on D-Day with the 6th Airborne Division Describes D-Day (refers to diary account) No fear until a few days after D-Day and started getting heavy artillery fire 40 days before wounded Describes patrol experience Almost hit and killed by Moaning Minnie and ran to medical office Three states of soldier: boredom, fear, adrenaline Part 2 Talks about parachuting down on D-Day Feelings toward the Germans Wounded and happy to go home Describes comradeship Describes rations while in action Reasons for joining the military Talks about drill training and how it prepared him for jumping out of the plane - reflex action First thing that comes to mind when thinks of the war is Mortimer (described in diary)

An interview/narrative of Henry John Butler's experiences during World War II. Interview took place on November 12, 2008.

Interviewee: Butler, Henry John

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Butler, Henry John
• Campbell, Heather

Subject

• Military history
• World War (1914-1918)
• Operation Overlord
• World War (1939-1945)

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 12, 2008

Relation

• Title of paper: "World War II: Army Operations on the Western Front". Link:  http://rusiviccda.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/World_War_II-Army_Operations_on_the_Western_Front.pdf
• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• France--Normandy
• England--Manchester

Coordinates

• 49, 0
• 53.48095, -2.23743

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording (MP3) also available.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• oral histories (literary genre)
• sound recordings
• interviews
• reminiscences

Archival item identifier

• BHJ_566

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• October 19, 2009

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2009. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/121h-8286

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