Hinken, Morris (Interview outline and video), 2011

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)

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Morris Hinken served as a communications technician during World War II. He trained at Camp Crowder, Missouri, and deployed to England with the 32nd Signal Battalion at the end of 1943. He was based near Coventry, and went to Normandy shortly after D-Day. His unit laid and repaired telephone cables across northern Europe. He worked in Bastogne shortly before the Battle of the Bulge, and followed the army into Germany. Shortly after the German surrender, he was sent to Okinawa, arriving just after the Japanese surrender.

2011-02-22

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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