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Bernhardt Krein
Bernhardt Krein (1915 - 2006) was born in New York City, to Jewish immigrant parents, and moved 24 times in and around New York until he was drafted into the Army. As Staff Sergean...view moreBernhardt Krein (1915 - 2006) was born in New York City, to Jewish immigrant parents, and moved 24 times in and around New York until he was drafted into the Army. As Staff Sergeant serving in the Fourth Infantry Division, he made the D-Day landing in the first wave on Utah Beach. He was awarded two Purple Hearts, and a Bronze Star. He was a New York City firefighter for twenty years, Engine Company 2 (now Rescue One), in Manhattan. His book, Once Around The Block, is in the collection of the M.S.K Brown Military Library at Brown University, and has been excerpted in the publication "We Remember D-Day."view less