Kraai, Bernard (Interview outline and video), 2008

Citation

Kraai, Bernard, “Kraai, Bernard (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed March 14, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29138.

Title

Kraai, Bernard (Interview outline and video), 2008

Creator

Kraai, Bernard

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)
WKTV (Kentwood, Mich.)

Description

Bernard Kraai was drafted into the US Army in 1944, and served in Europe with the 80th Division in late 1944 and 1945. His unit participated in the Battle of the Bulge and the advance into Germany. He was wounded twice, but rejoined his unit each time, and at the end of the war his unit marched into Austria, to the Yugoslav frontier, and eventually into Czechoslovakia. After the war ended, he joined a choir recruited from his unit and toured the region with them until he was discharged.

Date

2008-06-30

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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