[Victoria Delsoul]

The Devil's Brigade spearheaded the 1943 invasion of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands. It led the breakout from the invasion at Anzio in Italy and its troops were the first Allied soldiers to enter Rome. In 1944, it spearheaded the Allied invasion of southern France.

[SAMWolf]

Good Evening, Victoria.

[Jen]

Hi gang! Last week I met my step-dad's uncle -- Aubrey Hicks. He served 21 years in the Army and a few months of that was in the Army Air Corps. He's 84 but my oh my is his mind as sharp as a tack! He told me so many stories - like being part of the landing at Anzio and earning two Purple Hearts, and being a POW in Poland and escaping while on a march and hiding in a haystack. He said the German guards shot through the haystack and barely missed him. After a few days he met some Russian troops who he stayed with until he could get to a British ship which took him to a hospital. AMAZING! I wish I'd had a tape recorder or video camera with me. I told him about the Veterans History Project and urged his son-in-law to check into it and preserve all his wonderful stories.