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Harold Mueller, veteran
Sioux Falls VA
 
Harold E. Mueller, 2007
Branch of Service: United States Army
Highest Rank: Corporal
Military Service: November, 1942 - November, 1945
Audio interview
 
:17 In Belle Fourche CC Camp at 18
:47 Drafted into the military
2:05 Word of going overseas
2:39 Training in desert
3:45 Running into combat/ambush
4:45 Being captured
7:21 Getting off boxcar
9:25 Working as a POW
16:58 Being freed
19:15 Didn't hook up with unit ever again
20:00 Coming into harbor
21:15 Life at home.
24:01 Hestitates calling soldiers
24:53 Reported back to duty
25:38 Back home again
26:00 Joined reserves and called back to active duty
27:21 Experience of being on ground in Europe
31:00 Coming home the third time


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