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Full Name: Ned B. Mitchell
Spouse: Betty Hansen, 2nd spouse: Norma Jessen
Children: Patricia (deceased), Roger, Mayla, Tawna, Gil, Lanis
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Time Served: November 1,1943 – March 8, 1946 (2 years, 3 months, 17 days)
Training: Armored Replacement Training Center; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Military Police 677-Marksman Rifle; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Motor Inspector and Clerk
Awards or Medals: American Theater of Operations Service Medal; Good Conduct Medal AR 600-68; Victory Medal; Letter from MAJ. ROEMER and COL. PORTER for admiration, determination, courage & strength of character in completing the 25 mile road march on Feb 7, 1944 under physical handicaps. Despite a previous injury of a bullet wound in the lungs your determination to finish even though every step of the last ten miles was made through sheer willpower and guts, is the work of a good soldier and the spirit that wins battles and wars. (Letter of Commendation)
Deceased: Yes
Where Living When Entered Service: Upalco, Utah
Drafted or Volunteer: Drafted
Spouse: Betty Hansen, 2nd spouse: Norma Jessen
Children: Patricia (deceased), Roger, Mayla, Tawna, Gil, Lanis
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Time Served: November 1,1943 – March 8, 1946 (2 years, 3 months, 17 days)
Training: Armored Replacement Training Center; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Military Police 677-Marksman Rifle; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Motor Inspector and Clerk
Awards or Medals: American Theater of Operations Service Medal; Good Conduct Medal AR 600-68; Victory Medal; Letter from MAJ. ROEMER and COL. PORTER for admiration, determination, courage & strength of character in completing the 25 mile road march on Feb 7, 1944 under physical handicaps. Despite a previous injury of a bullet wound in the lungs your determination to finish even though every step of the last ten miles was made through sheer willpower and guts, is the work of a good soldier and the spirit that wins battles and wars. (Letter of Commendation)
Deceased: Yes
Where Living When Entered Service: Upalco, Utah
Drafted or Volunteer: Drafted
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Ned supervised an average of six men while acting in the capacity of 1st Sergeant at a prison camp of 300 Germans who were put to work in the tobacco fields in Kentucky. Worked later as a clerk, familiar w/ military office procedure; understood military correspondence and filing; compiled & filed reports-record books-etc.
Sugar was rationed- the prisoners saved their allotments so that they could make a birthday cake for Ned. Ned didn’t smoke so he gave his rations of cigarettes to the German soldiers, and the cake was their way of saying thanks. They also gave him their German Police dog who only knew German language. The dog would line up the prisoners perfectly.
Sugar was rationed- the prisoners saved their allotments so that they could make a birthday cake for Ned. Ned didn’t smoke so he gave his rations of cigarettes to the German soldiers, and the cake was their way of saying thanks. They also gave him their German Police dog who only knew German language. The dog would line up the prisoners perfectly.