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Harvey Texley

Elderly Harvey Texley wearing glasses, a gray button-up shirt with a bolo tie, a black jacket with a red carnation in the lapel, and a burgundy veteran's cap

WWII Veteran Harvey L. Texley, 2007

Harvey L. Texley, 2007

Branch of Service: United States Army
Highest Rank: Corporal
Military Service: November 17, 1942 - July 17, 1945

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

0:04 - Drafted into the military
2:00 - Invasion on Omaha Beach
5:48 - Being captured
7:40 - Life while being a prisoner of war
9:14 - Released from a prisoner camp
11:18 - Thoughts of the German's and the Russian's
13:23 - Coming back to the USA

Harvey L. Texley Obituary

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

Images Provided by Harvey L. Texley

Young Harvey Texley in uniform

Harvey L. Texley, WWII

Young Harvey Texley standing by a car wearing his uniform

Harvey L. Texley, Home on Furlough

Young Selma Texley "Sando" standing on front porch steps wearing light colored dress

Selma Texley "Sando", 1941 (Harvey L. Texley's Wife)

Young Harvey Texley wearing wool coat and scarf holding sign with number 250042IIIB

Harvey L. Texley, POW Photo, 1944

New Testament title page on the right with handwriting in blue ink on the left stating "Compliments of the Prairie Luther League Harvey Texley, Toronto So Dak."

Harvey L. Texley's The New Testament He Used During WWII

silver POW number tag and string

3 US Army ID tags on chain

WWII Service Tags (above)

German POW Tag (left)

Harvey Texley picture set in the center of a variety of meals and ribbons and pins he was awarded

WWII Medals and Awards

Harvey L. Texley wearing suit and tie and cap sitting at a table with a variety of WWII Medals and Awards and telegrams

Harvey L. Texley Picture with WWII Medals and Awards

Newspaper article entitled "German POW wanted to Die"

Memories Don't Fade for POW, Argus Leader (Articles provided by Harvey L. Texley)

Newspaper article entitled WWII, Holocaust shared in display" with picture of people looking at a miniature camp display

WWII, Holocaust Shared in Display, Harvey L. Texley Showered and was Deloused at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, photo by Thor Carlson

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