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[Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, SD, Saturday, February 14,
1942, Page 2]
However, on 22 February
1942 , the 356th was relieved from assignment to the 89th Division;
withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the
United States as an inactive unit. Lt Hetland, by then graduated
from college, was transferred from the Reserve unit to Camp
Roberts, CA and inducted into the Army as a reserve lieutenant. He
was placed in an infantry training battalion.
2nd Lt
Hetland was transferred to Company D on 23 October 1942. His point
of origin was not recorded but considering the interval between this
event and the Camp Roberts training assignment, he must have been a
parachutist volunteer and completed jump school. His transfer may
have been directly from the parachute school at Fort Benning, GA.
Following a promotion to
1st Lt, he served in Hq Hq as Special Services Officer during the second
half of March 1943 and again during the first half of May 1943.
On 18 June 1943 he was
transferred from Company D to Company E where he served as the executive
officer until 25 April 10944 when he assumed the role of company
commander.
On 26 July 1944 he was
transferred to Service Company in the role of 1st Battalion Supply
Officer.
His military decorations
include the Bronze Service Arrowhead device awarded for participation in
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