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January 3, 1920 – April 12, 2013

Andrew Harkness

Personal Information

Birthplace: Caney, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 970 ClCDetachment

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Oct 19, 1945

Discharged: Mar 12, 1947

Honored By: Staff of the Kansas Veterans' Home

Biography

I was in a Counter Intelligence Unit placed in Germany for the purpose of trying to find principles of the German Government who were still alive; whom we could detain and prosecute. There were still a lot of people, for instance, who belonged to the Gestapo who had either deserted or been released; still causing trouble and who were in reality still at war or trying to get out of Germany. I am unable to recall the names of any of the detainees. I experienced both dangerous and tragic events.

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