Thor Ronningen was inducted into the U.S. Army on July 15, 1943. He completed basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia and the Army Specialized Training Program in engineering at Arkansas State College. He joined the 99th Infantry Division at Camp Maxie, Texas and was deployed to Europe, landing at Plymouth, England.    Ronningan first engaged in combat on December 16, 1944 near the Siegfried Line in Germany.  He fought the Battle of the Bulge in Germany, Belgium and France until he was wounded in March of 1945. He was recuperating in a Hospital in England when the war in Europe ended.

Transcript Number 002 Title: Thor Ronningen: Remembering World War II Interviewee: Thor Ronningen Interviewer: Joseph James Date of Interview: July 1, 1998 Location of Interview: Wilmington, N.C. Description: 1 VHS Tape (ca. 60 min): sd, col Documentation: 1 typed transcript Series: World War II veterans Oral History Preservation Project Series: Voices of Experience