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Gender | Male |
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Birth date | 1926-9-25 |
Place of birth | Geneva IL, U.S.A. |
Inducted | 1945-6-29, Indiantown Gap PA |
Enlistment type | Draftee |
Service branch | Army |
Service type | War |
Unit type | Support |
Units served | 3rd Army, 7th Regiment |
Military specialty | Clerk - typist |
Stationed | USA - Indiantown Gap, PA; Camp Blanding, FL; Camp Pickett, VA; Camp Shanks, NY; Ft. Dix, NJ; - Germany |
Separated | Fort Dix NJ |
Unit responsibility | Processing personnel through a replacement depot in Marburg, Germany. Transferred to operate a message center near Bad Nauheim. |
Personal responsibility | Morning clerk in replacement depot. Operated message center re:above |
Major battles (if served in a war zone) | None - Occupation |
Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit) | Marksman Badge; Outstanding Trainee (Basic Training) |
Living conditions | Barracks and mess hall, and occasional movie on post during basic training. 'Occupied' dormitory-type building with dining hall in replacement depot; meals were decent; only entertainment was a U. S. O. - type facility. At message center: Lived in private dwelling with owner consigned to a basement apartment. Excellent meals at a villa (officers' quarters) prepared by a hired civilian cook. |
Most vivid memory of military experience | Nothing stands out. |
Missed most whilst in the military | Participating in sports activities; lack of freedom. |
Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience? | A sense of having fulfilled a duty when called upon during a war-time situation. |