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Knese, Benard Air Force Training
Bernard Knese was born in Meppen, Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri in May 1924. He grew up in a farming community. They raised apple orchards.
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Knese, Benard Close Calls
Bernard Knese remembers that on a mission to Holland or Belgium, one of the planes had to crash land.
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Knese, Benard Experiencing Different Cultures
Bernard Knese took off around midnight and crossed the Channel [Annotator’s Note: the English Channel].
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Knese, Benard Photograph Discussion
Bernard Knese asks about the bricks at the museum [Annotator's Note: The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana].
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Knese, Benard Postwar Life
After D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Bernard Knese had a 30-day convalescent leave [
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Knese, Benard Shipped Overseas
Bernard Knese found out he was going into the Army Air Force when he went to basic training. Basic training lasted two months.
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Knese, Benard WWII to Korea
Bernard Knese moved from England to France in early 1945.
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Knight, Edwin Becoming a Medic
Edwin Knight spent four months in New Zealand learning to be a medic. He learned to give plasma, bandage wounds, and administer first aid.
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Knight, Edwin Becoming a Soldier
Edwin Knight was drafted at Camp Robinson in Arkansas and put on a train traveling west.
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Knight, Edwin Combat Experiences
Edwin Knight was in the Philippines when fighting began to subside. The priority for logistical support was redirected to Europe.
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Knight, Edwin Combat in the Philippines
Edwin Knight was in the midst of a battle [Annotator's Note: in Lingayen Gulf in January 1945].
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Knight, Edwin Early Life and College
Edwin Knight was born in 1923 in Washita, Arkansas. He grew up on a small farm there during the Great Depression.