Norquist, Ernest O.

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Ernest O. Norquist (1919-2004) was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He trained at Fort Snelling (Minnesota) and served as a medic with the Army during World War II. Norquist was a prisoner of war and was forced to march in the Bataan Death March. After the war, he became a minister. He is the father of John Norquist, former mayor of the City of Milwaukee.

From the description of Oral history interview with Ernest O. Norquist [sound recording], 1995. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 233174577

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  • Atomic bomb
  • Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942
  • Combat
  • Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
  • Prisoners of war
  • Soldiers
  • Veterans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Japan (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Wisconsin--Milwaukee (as recorded)
  • Philippines (as recorded)
  • Minnesota--St. Paul (as recorded)