Andy Baer
Andy Baer, 2007
- Branch of Service: United States Army Air Force
- Highest Rank: Private 1st Class
- Military Service: January 1946 - July 1946
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
:00 - How selected service
1:47 - Trucking business with father, donated iron for war
4:40 - His older brothers in the war, many young men in the area died during the war
6:09 - Peral Harbor
7:13 - No high school, had to work
9:08 - GI Bill, training
11:20 - When young read Life Mag. to learn about war
13:30 - Displaced Persons of WWII
15:30 - How war affected a person
17:40 - Letters from brothers
19:50 - Having to quit school
20:40 - Final thoughts
21:30 - Different because all young men were gone
22:38 - Comments on the book and local men that served
This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Hot Springs, SD.
Andy Baer, WWII
Ultimate Sacrifice - Andy Baer commented, "Our small county sacrificed many young men during WWII. it is hard to believe how many lost their lives." (Photos from book provided by Andy Baer - "Edmond County In World War II, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4807, Ipswich, South Dakota - Click)
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