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Edward Hopkins in uniform		War: World War II, 1939-1946
Branch: Army
Unit: Battery A, 411th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Gun Battalion, 3rd Army
Service Location: Training Cadre, Camp Croft, South Carolina; Camp Blanding, Florida; European Theater
Rank: Sergeant
Place of Birth: Brewster, NY
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How a mobile artillery team sets up camp. (01:50) Artillery duty; a close call. (01:48) Shipping out from Ft. Leonard Wood; atmosphere aboard the troop ship. (07:20)
Postwar relations with German civilians; their reaction to Dachau. (02:40) Visiting his brother's grave in France. (05:48) Supervising the cleanup at Dachau. (02:51)
Patton's frustration at being diverted from Berlin; the end of the war. (02:30)  
  
 
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