0:00 - Going overseas - traveling to Naples, first assignment; and describing civilians

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Beri; bivouac; cattle cars; garbage; guard duty; Italy; rations; service battery

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6:40 - Experiences as part of an artillery battery

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; guns; infantry; kitchen; meals; truck

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9:02 - Encountering enemy artillery fire

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; airplanes; ammunition; bivouac; shell fire; shrapnel

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13:30 - Experiences during the Lost Battalion rescue and Champagne Campaign

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; Bruyeres; casualties; Company K; enemy fire; France; rations

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20:45 - Going to Germany; and experiences traveling near Dachau Concentration Camp

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Keywords: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; firing; German soldiers; prisoners; skeleton

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23:38 - End of World War Two - traveling, volunteering for MIS, and returning homer

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Keywords: Augsberg; European Theater; Fort Snelling; furlough; London; Military Intelligence Service (MIS); passes; Switzerland

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26:58 - Experiences overseas - meeting civilians and describing Germany

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Keywords: civilians; clean; food; France; Germans; Italy

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