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Curran, Philip USS Salem (CA-149)
Philip Curran volunteered for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953]. He has often asked himself why.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 1
Currey was born in 1925 in Loch Sheldrake, New York and grew up in the small community Hurleyville, New York.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 2
Currey recalled combat along the Siegfried line as being like combat anywhere.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 3
Currey picks back up on his Medal of Honor action story from the point in time right after he fired on the tank with the bazooka he found.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 4
The GI that helped Currey with the bazooka was Adam Lucero.Currey recalled the events of the actions that lead to him receiving the Medal of Honor
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 5
After going past the site of the Malmedy Massacre, they kept going and their next major battle was in a town called Thirimont.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 6
Currey left the burning house. He ran for the American line. They stayed in a defensive position that night.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 7
After the Bulge, Currey felt the rest of the war was routine. He had casualties, but nothing compared to the Bulge.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 8
Currey didn't agree with the non-fraternization rule.
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Currey, Francis S. Segment 9
Currey talks to school kids, some of which are about the age he was during the war.
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Currier, Al Attu Island, Alaska
Al Currier was able to learn to operate a tank [Annotator's Note: M3 Stuart light tank] when the Army sent 20 prewar armored vehicles up there
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Currier, Al Becoming a Soldier and Deployment
Al Currier was sent to Fort Custer [Annotator's Note: Fort Custer Training Center, Kalamazoo County and Calhoun County, Michigan] for inductio