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Dave Moore

Elderly Dave Moore wearing glasses, a white button-up shirt and a black veteran's baseball cap

WWII Veteran Dave M. Moore, 2007

Dave M. Moore, 2007 

  • Branch of Service: United States Army
  • B Company 44th Battalion, 6th Armored Division
  • Highest Rank: Private 1st Class
  • Military Service: Drafted, August 1944 - January 1946 

Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.

:10 - Life prior to the war
:55 - Drafted into the service
5:47 - First days in combat
10:50 - War ends
12:07 - Life at home after the war
13:41 - Stretcher story
15:20 - What he would tell the current generation
16:15 - Went back to Europe on a visit

David M. Moore Obituary 

This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Pierre, SD. 

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