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C. Kenneth Crocker
- First Lt. C. Kenneth Crocker ( I served under the
adopted name of Kenneth Crocker Thorsness)
- I joined the 384th as a replacement in January 1945 as Asst
Ex O. Had taken a 40/8 from LaHavre to
- Epinal, then by truck or jeep to Kindwiller. The
Winter Line. Served as Forward Observer.
Wounded on
- 21 March and then to the 36th General Hospital in Dijon.
Rejoined the outfit in May in Innsbruck. Some
- might remember me as running the rest camp up in the Brenner
Pass at Obernbergersee. Occupation near Munich,
- then on to Camp Lucky Strike. We were the 45th Inf
then. Home on the Marine Panther.
- e-mail : ckencrocker@bellsouth.net
- After discharge, went back to the University of Illinois,
where I got my masters in Microbiology. A stint
- with Oscar Mayer, Diversey Corp in Chicago, then on to the
United States Testing Company in Hoboken.
- Ended up with Campbell Soup Company in Camden, NJ for almost
30 years.
- Would like to correspond with Battery "B" members.
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