Clarence Carlson, producer, World War II veteran and “an all-around virtuous man, ” celebrated his 100th birthday Saturday during an empty home with more than 200 family and friends at his residence near LaSalle.
Carlson was born April 23, 1924, in the Longmont place, and he worked on his family homestead before and after serving in the army at the end of the battle. The party was held by Carlson’s four sons, Linda, Cheryl, Marcia and Janet, and 10 children and six great-grandchildren. Violet Carlson, who was married to Clarence for 65 times, died in 2018.
Blake Carlson, one of Carlson’s sons, wrote about Clarence in a statement for college in 2016. Blake described his uncle as “a loving man” and “an all-around virtuous people. ”
Carlson was a secret and after a third-grade professional commander from July 1945 to late November 1946. Carlson was stationed in Nuremberg , Germany, during the Nuremberg Testing when members of Nazi Germany stood trial for war crimes in front of the International Military Tribunal.
Carlson served with the 221st Signal Depot Co. as a non-commissioned officer in charge of stores containing captured European transmission technology. He supervised two joined men and 142 German while they dismantled the products, according to Blake’s report.
While in Nuremberg, Carlson watched the investigations including the trials for Hermann Goring, a Nazi head, captain and Adolf Hitler friend who was the highest-ranking Nazi established tried by the court.
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