Delmar Strunk
Delmar Strunk, 2007 (Interviewed by Steve Thum)
- Branch of Service: United States Army
- Military Service: 1942 - 1945
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
:54 - Drafted 09/1942
3:44 - Memory of cleaning his weapon
4:43 - Bombay India
6:40 - Stories of serving in the jungle
7:48 - Primary Mission
9:00 - Resupplying the unit
9:53 - Couldn't mail to family
10:30 - Discharge in 03/1945
11:19 - Going from living in the jungle to city life
11:35 - Memories of the Japanese surrendering
13:24 - War ended
13:35 - Malaria
15:30 - Daily Diet
16:23 - Cooking fish in the jungle
18:18 - Interaction with the local natives
19:32 - Family reaction upon returning home
20:52 - War changed his life
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