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To: L.A.Justice
Had a neighbor that was in the 101st Airborne that was shot a few times as he parachuted into Holland and survived.

He was mentioned by name in one of Stephan Ambrose’s books. They dropped into Normandy without bullets. He landed near a group of Germans, knifed one and hid out until dawn. His sons had never heard the story when I showed them the passage. Died in his 90s a few years ago.

50 posted on 09/18/2020 8:15:30 AM PDT by zek157
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To: zek157

There’s an excellent Band of Brothers episode dealing with Market Garden.


51 posted on 09/18/2020 8:18:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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