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Charles A. King, 2007    Audio interview
Branch of Service: 34th Infantry Division, British Commandos
Highest Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Listen to the following interview sections by scrolling forward to the time cue.
:06 Enlisted in 1940 at the age of 20
1:06 Pearl Harbor
1:45 Ireland and Scotland
2:48 POW and the escape
5:54 Not all of the escapees made survived
6:34 Back in the USA in 1944
7:39 War injury
9:04 Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
10:06 Got married when he returned from Europe in 1944
11:39 Sharing stories with his family
13:50 WWII was not a good war
14:50 Prison camp story
16:42 Feelings toward the enemy


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harles A. King, 2007 (Interviewed by Johanna Sailor, SDPB Radio)
 

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