Kahoun, John B., 1926-
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Kahoun, John B., 1926-
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"Jack" Kahoun (b. 1926) was raised on a farm in Biron, Wisconsin and attended high school in Wisconsin Rapids, where he excelled in music.
After graduating high school in 1944, he enlisted in the Army and became a radio operator and repairman with the 288th Forward Observation Battalion, 111st Corps Artillery, Third Army Corps. He served in France and Germany as a radioman and as guard at a displaced persons camp. In 1945, he applied to be transferred to the Pacific front, but the war with Japan ended before he was deployed. Kahoun was discharged in May 1946 at Camp Polk (Louisiana) with the rank of Staff Sergeant. After the war, he returned to Wisconsin Rapids and became a draftsman in the engineering department at the paper mill.
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Atomic bomb
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Morse code
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World War, 1939-1945
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France
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France--Sainte-Mère-Eglise
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Wisconsin--Biron
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Germany
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Wisconsin--Wisconsin Rapids
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Germany--Nuremberg
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