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To: Lancey Howard

It looks interesting but it says the general public is not admitted.


67 posted on 12/13/2010 2:08:39 PM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Thanks for all your efforts in illuminating the ‘big picture’ of generals, admirals and the like. I was an infantry grunt landing in Marseille in December 1944. It was pretty cold, we stayed in pup tents where each guy had a shelter half and both combined to make a tent. The ground was still soft enough for the pegs. Going North we were in Patton’s Third Army for a while but were shifted to the Seventh as the Battle of the Bulge progressed. We ended up guarding Strassbourg with the French before the Nazis pushed up back.

My grunt’s eye did not see any newspapers or hear radio for some time so we were not sure how things were going elsewhere. Reading about happenings in the Pacific concurrently is quite interesting and I again thank you.


68 posted on 12/13/2010 3:25:21 PM PST by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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