If You Survive

Archival Summary & Scope

This first-person account chronicles the combat experience of an infantry officer in the 4th Infantry Division during the final year of World War II. Spanning from the hedgerows of Normandy in July 1944 to the Siegfried Line and the Battle of the Bulge, the narrative documents the intense attrition of frontline warfare. Notably, the author was the sole member of Company F to survive from his initial deployment through to the war’s conclusion.