William Renken  (Bill)

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E-3 Private First Class, Army

 Veteran of:

World War-II

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Bill Renken of Smithfield, Nebraska entered the Army on July 9th, 1941. He was 26 years old. He had been working on the family farm and a large irrigation project operating heavy equipment & trucks. He traveled by train from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to the Field Artllery Replacement Training Center; Camp Roberts, California for basic training. He successfully completed the Basic Training course for Field Artillery on October 9th, 1941. (more to come)

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Darwin, Australia

truck full of bullet holes

  Kiriwina Island

truckdrivers carried Thompson submachine guns

Kiriwina Island, r&r

nice bullseye!

  Marvin Crust (left), Bill Renken (right)

clothes inspection; Brisbane, Australia



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