Andrew J. Harkness

Andrew J. Harkness

Army

ANDREW
J.
HARKNESS

Jan 3, 1920 - Apr 12, 2013
BIRTHPLACE: Caney, Kansas

SOLDIER DETAILS

DIVISION:
Army
,
970 ClCDetachment
THEATER OF OPERATION:
European
SERVED: Oct 19, 1945 -
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.