Harvey B. Jennings

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Harvey B. Jennings of Duluth, Minnesota was inducted into the Army on May 20, 1943 at Fort Snelling, Minn.

He was a Corporal and infantryman, carrying the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) with Company F, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division, in the Rhineland, Central Europe.

"Aug, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge

"1944-Austria - ''Operation Grief'': An SS officer in a German truck surrenders to Harvey and his regiment. Afraid it may be a trap, they order the German to drive the truck to make sure it was not going to explode. Regiment discovered truck was hauling boxes of counterfeit British and French notes."

"1-3 December, 1944 - Harvey declared missing in action, Woerth, France. Along with 3 other soldiers, Harvey hid in basement of a house while Germans marched the streets outside. Only 1 K-ration between them."

"April 27, 1945 - Landsberg, Germany (south of Dachau). Liberated concentration camp. Harvey was first to come across this affiliate camp of Dachau. The Germans were gone, all who were left were starving men, women, some children and bones."

"September 1945-1946 - Delta Disciplinary Training Center in charge of guarding high-ranking Germany officers (war criminals) before Nuremberg trials. Also processed American prisoners."

Mr. Jennings was awarded the: Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal with two bronze battle stars, Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal and two overseas service bars.

He was honorably discharged in March of 1946 at Camp McCoy, Wis.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 128.

 

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