Willard Berdit

Last Name: Berdit
First Name: Willard
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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army
Armed Services Serial Number: 32950162
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Fort Benning, GA, Camp Marshall, NC

Unit(s): 17th Airborne Divison , 460th Parachute First Airborne Task Force Field Artillery Battalion

Rank(s): Pvt; Cpl.

Theater(s) of Operation: Europe; Mediterranean

Locations: France; Italy

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Military Occupation/Specialty: Paratrooper

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Of Interest: 9/8/43 - Description of parachuting and training; 10/27/44 - In combat 64 consecutiv days since jumping into southern France 15th of August

Delaware Connection: Seymour Waxman; Hermie(?); David Balick

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First Letter to Mollye: 09/08/1943
Last Letter to Mollye: 12/02/1944
Number of Folders in Mollye Collection: 1
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