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Meet Donald Burgett:

America entered World War Two December 07, 1941. Nearly every patriotic American man and woman rushed to join the military. At 16 years of age I was one of that group but was too young and not accepted.

Worked on road construction and as a carpenter for the next two years. I joined the army paratroops on my 18th birthday, April 5th, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan. Through an error in military records I was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas and took my basic training in the last active horse cavalry unit in the US, Troop E, 2nd Rgt., 1st Horse Cavalry. On completing basic training I affected a transfer to the Army Paratroops in Fort Benning, Ga. where I completed my paratrooper training. I joined the 101st Airborne Division in Aldbourne, England the last week of February 1944. I was assigned to A (Able) Company, 506 PIR. 101st Abn. Div. Able Company billeted nearly one year in the High Town Stables in Aldbourne, England prior to and following the Normandy Invasion.

I fought in four major campaigns including Normandy, Holland, Bastogne, and Germany ending in Austria. I was wounded three separate times. World War Two ended after we had occupied Hitler’s home in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Discharged December 31, 1945 in Camp Atterbury, Indiana, at age 20. I returned home January 01, 1946 to Detroit, Michigan. I could not vote, buy a car on contract or buy a beer. At age twenty I was not legally old enough. I became 21 April 05, 1946.

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