Lavern B. Mazourek, 2007
Branch of Service: United States Army
Highest Rank: Tech Sergeant, T-4
Military Service: March 1941 - October 1945
Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.
0:00 - Enlisted
1:28 - Training on horses
3:02 - Pearl Harbor memory
3:56 - Training on tanks; scorpion bites and snakes
6:00 - Sent overseas; soldiers sick on the ship; camp life; France
11:53 - Experience on missions; tanks; enemy lines; Chateau-Thierry France
15:33 - 337 days on the frontlines; no bathroom or bedroom; Paris; Hurtgen Forest, lost a lot of men; enemy took Christmas dinner
21:29 - 337 days on frontlines; 1,200 miles traveled; bombers in front of them
24:14 - Worked on guns of six tanks; fought for every mile
31:07 - Feelings on the war in Iraq
32:19 - Life after the war
This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Wagner, SD.