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Thanks for sharing that story. I have a tape recorder sitting next to my uncle's chair just for those odd moments when something happens that starts him talking. I love hearing him talk about Patton....it's harder to hear him talk about the landing at Omaha Beach. I love hearing him talk about his "asshole" buddy, Shimanski. I love hearing him talk about when he brought back a gunny sack full of "momentos". He said it was very, very heavy, and as he was walking past one of the officers on the way home he dropped it. He said it made an awful loud racket and the officer asked, "What do you have in that bag, soldier?" My uncle quickly replied, "typewriters, Sir!" He picked up the bag and kept walking, hoping he would not be asked to open it up! He wasn't. When he got back he gave the momentos to guys from his unit who had come home early because of injuries.