Ed Kluthe, 2007
Branch of Service: Army
Highest Rank: Corporal
Military Service: Drafted, March 2, 1943-November 5, 1945
Audio interview
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0:00 Drafted into the infantry at 18. Single
2:36 Had six men under him and all survived.
3:20 Went back into military as a mail clerk
5:06 Detail was to pick up bodies in German mine fields.
7:39 Was awarded 4 battle stars
9:00 Shares a couple of stories about his experience
11:16 Life back in Miller SD after the war.
Citation for Edwin C. Kluthe, 37551109, Private First Class, Infantry, 86th

 Personal letter from Ken Burn to Kluthe

Second Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry History, 23 Dec1944 to 30 Sept 1945