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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Inianapolis, Indiana

Honored By

Gordon Holcomb

Relationship

none

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Activity During WWII

Entered servive at age 22 in 1944. He was sent to Europe where he participated in the Battle of th Bulge and catured by the Germans. As a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany, he witnessed the horrible firebombing of this nonmilitary city that resulted in the deaths of 60,000 civilians. For weeks after the bombing, he helped gather and burn bodies.