Oral history interview with Darrell Krenz, [videorecording], 2005.

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Oral history interview with Darrell Krenz, [videorecording], 2005.

Darrell J. Krenz, a McFarland, Wisconsin native, discusses his Korean War service in the Army and his thirty-seven months as a prisoner of war and "Tiger Survivor."

Videorecording : 2 videocassettes (ca. 57 min.); sd., col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 18 p.Military papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

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