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William Bud Kennedy

William Bud Kennedy wearing glasses, a white shirt and a SD WWII Memorial white and red baseball cap

WWII Veteran William H. "Bud" Kennedy

William H. "Bud" Kennedy, 2007 (Interviewed by Chuck Beck, SDPB Radio)

  • Branch of Service: United States Navy

 Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.

:13 - Stationed in 4th Marine Division in Pearl Harbor
2:55 - Loading ammunition and exposed to everything/memories
3:20 - Piece of shrapnel hit his nose
5:52 - Received orders they were going home.

William H. "Bud" Kennedy Obituary 

This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Faulkton, SD. 

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