Rolf Tjernagel: Answering the Call A Remembrance

Answering the Call

In this moving and well-written account of a common World War II soldier, author (and nephew) Norman Teigen remembers how his uncle Rolf Tjernagel answered the country's call for service in 1942 at age thirty-two. This World War II soldier had struggled through the Depression era and had to give up a good civilian job for the Army. Tjernagel first served in German POW camps in Minnesota, and then in 1945, as part of the big push near the end of the war, he was ordered to a...