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Ed was one of the 645 GI’s in hole number 3 on a liberty ship. Bombs andammunition were in holds 1, 2, and 4. They spent 29 days going about 12 milesan hour in a convoy of 245 ships. He got boiled potatoes withy jackets on andspam twice a day. British caveats accompanied the convoy and dropped depthcharges on enemy submarines. From the hold of the ship, the men could hear“click, boom, click, boom”. The convoy was attacked by air, bright as day at 4 am.He traveled in a troop train to his assignment in Italy. The train came underbomb attack about midnight. The soldiers had to get out, crawl in the grass anddisperse.His assignment in Italy was on a farm that was converted into an 824 th Squadron.The men loaded bombs onto 14 B-24’s everyday. It seemed endless.In November of 1943 he got sent to the front lines with the 175 th Artillery. Iremember him telling the story of how he got promoted to Captain. Part of hisjob was to keep the jeeps and trucks running. Because of the wet weather, mudwould get in the valve stems of the tires and the vehicle couldn’t be used. Fromthe scrap wood that the bombs came in he built a garage so the vehicles couldbe maintained better. When Major General Twining saw this he promoted him toCaptain and Ed was awarded the Bronze Star.After the Germans surrendered in Italy, Ed was in Casablanca waiting for hisnext assignment. All the other guys got sent back to the states on their way tothe Pacific. But he got orders to go to the China, Burma, India Theater. While heas in India, he purchased a ruby that later became my mother’s engagementring. Ed was in Burma at the 4 mile high Camp Kobo, a jungle indoctrinationtraining camp. Everything came in and out by plane. When he was laterassigned to ship out he missed the plane because had gone to get somechocolate mile. The plane he missed went down and crashed.He made it home for Christmas eve 1945. He said it was absolutely a dream anda prayer come true to come home from World War II. He was honorablydischarged as a Captain on March 6, 1946.Through the GI Bill, he graduated from Creighton (Neb) University School ofDentistry in 1951. He earned an award for making a fine gold crown. Ed had adental practice in Sharon, ND and in Mayville until 1982. He completed trainingin massage therapy and promoted holistic health. He was involved in farmingnear Sharon from 1955 – 1979. Politics was another interest of his.Ed married Eunice May Solberg on June 23, 1946 in Cooperstown, ND. Hey hadfour children: Tessa, Sonja, Edward Carl and Eric. Ed and Eunice enjoyeddancing. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Warsand Mayville Lutheran Church.
From my dad I learned generosity, compassion, loyalty and to work hard. Heprovided a safe and secure home for his family.Our family has established this scholarship because my dad wanted to beremembered. He was one of many, many Americans who served our countryand deserve to be honored.God Bless America!Written by Sonja (Nesheim) AdahlJune 21, 2008Presented at the North Dakota Legion Convention in Minot
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