Since Stanley and Madelyn got married in 1940, he wasn’t required to join the service.
This unit helped provide crucial services in the lead up to and during the D-Day invasion in June 1944.
By April 1945, Barack Obama’s grandfather was sent back to England for retraining in combat duties.
It’s possible he might have been eventually sent to the Pacific theater if the conflict had lasted longer.
Ohrdruf was one of 88 sup-camps that were part of Buchenwald.
His team later set the record straight.
“I have no heroic story to tell,” Payne commented.
“I was just there.”
