Glen C. Drake, who lives in Baraboo, was a paratrooper in the D-Day invasion, Holland and also fought in the Battle of the Bulge — all pivotal events of World War II.
Growing up on a Wisconsin farm, Glen Drake had no idea about how his World War II experiences would change his life. They left a permanent imprint as he was required to kill a human being for the first time. Years later, back in the safety of his home state, he suffered the after effects of his wartime experience, still imagining once in a while that he was under attack. His confrontations with German soldiers left him with a hatred of them that persisted into his later years.
A Paratrooper Remembers was compiled by Drake in a series of tapes he made for his children.
