Walter D Ehlers - 664 Words
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Born on May 7, 1921, in Junction City, Kansas, Ehlers joined the Army from the city of Manhattan in October 1940.[1] He and his older brother Roland served in the same unit and participated in the fighting in North Africa and Sicily.[2]
By D-Day on June 6, 1944, Ehlers was a staff sergeant and squad leader in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. His squad, part of the invasion's second wave, waited off shore in a Landing Craft, Infantry, while...
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