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Becker, Clarence Promoted to Operations Officer
Clarence Becker was promoted to G-3, Operations Officer, in January 1945. He had been a Flight Commander until that time.
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Becker, Irving 1st Special Service Force
Irving Becker was assigned to Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Special Service Force.
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Becker, Irving Becoming a Soldier
Irving Becker wanted to volunteer for the military after arriving in the United States, but his former German citizenship resulted in him being lab
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Becker, Irving Combat Experiences
Irving Becker never talks much about his combat experiences, unlike some people who talk about their battlefield or Holocaust [Annotator's Not
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Becker, Irving Early Life
Irving Becker was born in 1921 in Vienna, Austria and grew up there. He was an only child.
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Becker, Irving Postwar
Irving Becker worked about 20 years for the Postal Service [Annotator's Note: the United States Postal Service].
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Becker, Irving Reflections
Irving Becker remembers a funny incident as his most memorable event of the war.
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Becker, Irving War's End
Irving Becker had left Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] and was headed for Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy] when he was wounded
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Beckman, Kenneth Experiences on His First Tour of Duty
Kenneth Beckman's first mission [Annotator's Note: Beckman was a navigator in the 366th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8t
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Beckman, Kenneth Post War, Korea, and Vietnam
At the conclusion of World War 2, Kenneth Beckman stayed in the Air Force and eventually wound up in Japan with his family.
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Beckman, Kenneth Prewar and Initial Training
Kenneth Beckman was born in August 1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Beckman, Kenneth Second Tour of Duty and Postwar
Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the infantry.