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PFC Harold L. Hopp
843rd Engineer Aviation Battalion (EAB)
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National WWII Memorial Honoree
The following table, derived from Harold’s letters home, detail his time in the Army and the places he visited.
| May 28, 1943 | Inducted into the Army at Ft Custer, Battle Creek, MI |
| Jun 19, 1943 | Basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO |
| Oct 21, 1943 | left New York City for England on the English troop ship Monarch of Bermuda, escorted by the battleship USS Texas |
| Oct 31 - Nov 4, 1943 | Arrived in Liverpool, England during this timeframe |
| Nov 8, 1943 | Joined Co. C, 843rd Engineer Aviation Battalion (EAB) |
| Jul 1, 1944 | Arrived on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France |
| Aug 8, 1945 | Transfered out of the 843rd EAB to the 927th Signal Battalion |
| Nov 21, 1945 | Left Marseilles Harbor, Nice, France on US troopship Mormac Wave |
| Dec 4, 1945 | Arrived in the USA at New Port News VA |
| Dec 10, 1945 | Discharged at Camp Atterbury, IN |
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| PFC Harold Hopp, 843rd EAB, 1943 |
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| PFC Harold Hopp, 843rd EAB |
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| PFC Harold Hopp, 843rd EAB |
