Joie K Gjernes, 2007 (Interviewed by Chuck Beck, SDPB Radio)

• Branch of Service: United States Army
• 31st Tank Battalion, Company A
• Highest Rank: Corporal
• Military Service: Drafted, November 9, 1942 - December 18, 1945

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

:09 - Drafted in 1942 as a tank gunner
4:54 - Being in the tank during battles
10:45 - Memory of crosses after "D" day
13:05 - Coming home after the war

Joie K. Gjernes Obituary 

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

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