Daniel Karsch

Last Name: Karsch
First Name: Daniel
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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 20285363
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Fort Dupont, DE; Ft. Benning, GA; Fort Bragg, NC

Unit(s): Co. C 101st Med Dep; 2nd Btn, 1st Pchts. (?) Regt; 1st Bn, 504th Pchts.; Hq 1st, 50th Pschts; Hq1, 1st Bn, 504 Pchts.; MP Pltn, 82nd Airborne

Rank(s): Pvt.; Cpl.

Theater(s) of Operation: Mediterranean; Europe

Locations: Italy; Sicily; France; England; Germany; Luxembourg

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Of Interest: Post Card likely from June 1942 that is undated; 7/6/42 - Description of basic training; 10/21/42 - Serving as Chaplain's Assistant; 11/9/42 - Description of a street brawl between black and white soldiers; Undated Letter - Shares his unit is being deployed; 8/25/43 - Appreciation for USO entertainers, especially Bob Hope; 11/1/43 - Difficulty finding Jewish services; 3/19/44 - Army poem about censorship (author unkown); 1/3/43- Describes combat and wanting to return home; 5/28/45 - Handling prisoners, opinion of Germans 8/1/45 - Contains 5/28/45 letter, talks about waiting to come home

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First Letter to Mollye: 07/06/1942
Last Letter to Mollye: 08/01/1945
Number of Items in Mollye Collection: 111
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