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Gordon L. Slater
US Army
from:Mission Viejo, California
Gordon Slater joined the service planning to attend an Army Specified Training Program at a nearby college. Sudden cancellation of the program sent him to Fort Benning for training. He went overseas 6th of August 1944 finding himself on the front lines in France. Awful story short, he survived Stalag 12-A prison camp. He rarely spoke of his terrible experience.