Kraai, Bernard (Interview outline and video), 2008
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Title
Kraai, Bernard (Interview outline and video), 2008
Creator
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
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
KraaiB
Format
application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
Kraai, Bernard, “Kraai, Bernard (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed December 28, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29138.