Intelligence Officer Fighting in Europe: From the Archive

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories by Robert Kirk

Aug 27, 202668:25Society & Culture

Walter Bodlander was a military intelligence officer for the US Army during WWII. He was born in Germany in 1920. As a Jew, he knew he had to flea Hitler’s regime. He eventually made his way to the United States and volu...

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