Horace Whitley was inducted into the U.S. Army in April of 1944. He completed basic training at Camp Croft, S.C. He was deployed to the European Theater in October of 1944, landing at Southhampton, England. Whitley was assigned to the 45th Infantry Division near Strasberg, France. He remained on the front lines in France until January of 1945. He was wounded in action and sent to an evacu-hospital in Marseilles. He returned to the U.S. in 1945.

Transcript Number 060 Title: Horace Whitley: Remembering World War II Interviewee: Horace Whitley Interviewer: Paul Zarbock Date of Interview: June 4, 2001 Location of Interview: Whiteville, N.C. Description: 1 Mini – DV Cassette Tape (c. min.) sd., col. Documentation: 1 Typed Transcript Series: World War II Veterans Oral History Preservation Project Series: Voices of Experience