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Podcast: Veterans Chronicles
Episode: Sgt. Hal Urban, U.S. Army, World War II, Battle of the Bulge, Mauthausen Liberation
Description: Hal Urban grew up in a poor family hit hard by the Great Depression. Joining the military meant he would finally get three meals per day. He enlisted in the Army hoping to become a pilot, but less than perfect eyesight scuttled those dreams. He was trained on .50 caliber guns mounted on haltracks to protect American tanks and other convoys. Assigned to the 11th Armored Division, Urban arrived in Europe in late 1944 and was quickly sent to fight in the Battle of the Bulge.In this edition of Veterans Chronicles, Sgt. Urban explains what combat was like with...