DeWayne H. Olson

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

DeWayne H. Olson entered the Army on June 26, 1943.

He was a Private First Class and an ambulance and truck driver in northern France, the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. He was also attached to a forestry battalion in charge of cutting lumber for bridges and river crossings from Omaha Beach to Germany.

He says: "It was interesting but not dangerous. We had 13 lumber companies all over France and Belgium and later in Germany."

He was separated on Feb. 8, 1946.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 231.

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