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Franzke, Charles Reflections on the War
Charles “Chuck” Franzke’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was visiting Nagasaki after the atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weap
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Franzke, Charles V-12 Program
While preparing to graduate from high school, Charles “Chuck” Franzke was encouraged by his father to take a test to join the Navy V-12 program [An
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Franzky, Gerhard After the War
For many years, Gerhard Franzky put the war in the back of his mind. He was more concerned with building a future.
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Franzky, Gerhard Early Life and Joining the Military
Gerhard Franzky was a member of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg. Franzky was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1925.
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Franzky, Gerhard Education
Gerhard Franzky could quit the Hitler Youth but he was not allowed to quit the civil defense. Soon it was 1942.
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Franzky, Gerhard Escaping the Falaise Pocket
Gerhard Franzky’s unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 22nd Regiment, 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsburg"] suffered heavy casualti
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Franzky, Gerhard Falaise-Argentan and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: Gerhard Franzky served in the Waffen SS as a communications officer in Headquarters, 22nd Regiment, 10th SS Panzer Division
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Franzky, Gerhard Family Business
Gerhard Franzky remembers the most important thing after Hitler came to power was that the school schedule changed.
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Franzky, Gerhard Heading For Belgium
The seven men reached a town that had a substantial German presence and they saw officers sending men to different places.
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Franzky, Gerhard Heinz Harmel and Heinrich Himmler
Gerhard Franzky received an order from the division CO [Annotator's Note: commanding officer], Heinz Harmel, to breakout when they were stuck
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Franzky, Gerhard Hitler Youth
In 1936, many of Gerhard Franzky's friends joined the Hitler Youth.
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Franzky, Gerhard Hitler's Germany Before the War
At the time, Gerhard Franzky thought Hitler was a great man. Franzky's father got another job and was later able to start his own business.