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• Description: ...Ben VanSlooten served in the United States Army during WW II from May 13, 1943 to October 30, 1946 in the European Theater. VanSlooten discusses life on the home front, his time in basic training, D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, Operation "Market Basket" (Market Garden), interacti...

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• Text: ...ctice maneuvers. (12:07) He was based at Camp Van Dorn for almost a year from 1943-1944. (12:55) While off duty, there was a theater at the base the men could visit. (13:23) He did go off bases. The men would often go to Baton Rouge or New Orleans, Louisiana. The soldiers were often treated...

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• Text: ...When he sat down to pray before a meal other men would take his food. (11:49) One time the general offered him free theater tickets but he turned them down because of his religious upbringing. The general offered him protection from other soldiers if he was harassed about his religion. (12:...

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• Text: ...M (General Motors) Hallberg had been gone for 42 months; she kept working when he came back Would watch the newsreels at the theater, wanted to see if her husband was in them The other women were very kind; when Hallberg was in Fort Worth, his wife drove with four other women to visit (New ...

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• Text: ...ut there were some men who had issues adjusting. Just before they were to ship out overseas, some of the men held up a movie theater. • • • (11:38) At Fort Brady, they joined a pre-established unit. It was originally the 131st Infantry, and was later re-named as the 156th Infantry....

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• Text: ...th Ken, Kenny (as of the time of filming) Mr. Shapin’s Military training and experience prior to entering the European war theater. (08:33:15) spent 4-5 days at Camp Upton on Long Island before receiving his shipping orders (08:56:24) put on the Long Island Railroad, a local commuter trai...

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• Text: ... of Chinese as well" after a week Merrill contacted Lieutenant General Joseph Stillwell, the commander of the Pacific theater; the War department code word for the men was "Galahad Force" Stillwell sent McLogan's battalion, by trains, to the Assam province in northea...

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• Text: ...rancisco, CA (29:01) ƒ Reported to Fort Ord, California, with the expectations that he would leave shortly for the Pacific theater to fight. (29:10) o Voyage across the Pacific (30:06) ƒ Vander Molen relates his thoughts and experience as his squad left aboard the General H.W. Butner, ...

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• Text: ...visiting, we took pictures, we went to the Philadelphia mint and watched them mint coins there, we went to various parks and theaters with some friends of Fred. 6:33 Their daughter called up a couple of girl friends and we went out with them a couple of nights to the theater and Co...

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• Text: ...ent to Fort Meade, Maryland for assignment for overseas and at that time I was informed that I would be sent to the European theater. It actually wasn’t the European theater; it was the African theater at that time. 28:08 Interviewer: “When you heard this, what was you...

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• Text: Well, the only fun we had was—we had our own gym, you know, and a bowling alley, and a theater, and stuff like that, on the base, and the army PX‟s, you know, but after that it was Hawaii, going to Honolulu, and you were pretty well restricted on a lot of stuff too, you know.

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• Text: ...icersbuy their own uniforms- howeverthey do receive a cash uniform allowance. A day or two before gmduation we assembledin a theater building to choosewhere or be told where we were going to be assigned as officers. On a big board in front contained where we could be assigned. The three of ...