Traveling Through W.W. II

2 years-2 months-29 days

by Arthur B. Pranger


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 31/07/2007

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 224
ISBN : 9781434314062

About the Book

This is not a chronicle of a brave and heroic soldier who rose several ranks to Captain or Colonel or Major, although he received a simple PFC to T-5 promotion along the way with a bunch of ‘other ‘guys’. This was an ordinary American boy, raised in a devout Catholic family by parents with strict principles, who was caught up in the conditions of a U.S. World War into which he was hurled as a teenager.
    All at once, he was clad in khaki and sent here and there on the European battlefields.  He was taking orders alongside his Army comrades, and serving  his time as prescribed by U.S. Army guidelines. It is not a profound look at the lofty pursuits of a hero, but the necessary obligations of Private Arthur B. Pranger. There are narratives and exhibits included but primarily this volume reflects ‘Art’s’ personal ‘spin’  on this memorable period in history - 2 Years - 2 Months and 29 Days with A Company, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion.
    The 86th CMB was an integral part of the war across Europe. The battalion's role with the 4.2. Mortar included being attached to a few dozen INFANTRY Regiments and Divisions across Europe - through Normandy,  Northern France - Belgium “Battle of the Bulge - Hurtgen Forest,” points in Germany - winding up in Czechoslovakia in 1945 leaving all this drama behind at Camp Campbell Kentucky to return to civilian life on November 6, 1945. This work includes humorous incidents - not usually associated with the serious business of warfare.


About the Author

Arthur B. Pranger

Born:  March 21, 1925 - Covington, Kentucky to Frank and Mary Pranger.

Siblings:  Ralph, 1928, Mary Joan, born 1930

Residence: Covington, Kentucky - 1925 - 1954 - Married November 25, 1954 - wife Rose - Residence - ERLANGER KENTUCKY Moved back to Pranger family home in Covington, from 1960 to present.

Children:
Gary, Patricia, Christopher, John, Mary Carole, Lawrence and Donna Jean

Education: Elementary - St. John Parochial, Commercial schooling  - St. Benedict Commercial, Covington, Ky.

New York Technical School - Cincinnati Ohio - on the GI BILL - 1948-1950 - RADIO AND TELEVISION

Employment: Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, Cincinnati, Ohio - 1942 - 1943 & 1946 - 1948

Drafted: The United States Army August 1943. Basic Training - Camp Swift, Texas. Served  in  Normandy, Huertgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge and Germany - June 28, 1944 until November 11, 1945

Self Employed: - TONEMASTERS TELEVISION SERVICE - Covington,  January 1950 to 1998. Part time employment TURFWAY PARK  Florence Kentucky until retirement in 2005.

NOTE:  The home where the author and wife Rose currently reside in COVINGTON KENTUCKY was built in 1878 and occupied the same year by the Pranger family on their arrival from Germany.