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Start Over Main contributor Franze, R. F. “Sonny” Date 2005 Collection Veterans of the Valley

1. R.F. “Sonny” Franze: Interview (28:44)

Date:
2005-06-22
Main contributors:
Franze, R. F. “Sonny”
Summary:
R.F. “Sonny” Franze, U.S. Army, WW II (Interviewed June 22, 2005) “Sonny” Franze recalled well leaving his farm near Kurten and going into the Army -- learning to climb telephone poles and set communication wire and eventually taking that training across the North Atlantic to Europe front lines. He landed at Normandy on D+10 and that led to bravery that won him five Bronze Stars. He also saw the horror that his unit discovered at the concentration camp called Buchenwald.