He was a platoon sgt, and during one of the many battles he was in during European Campaign and Battle of The Bulge, was carrying wounded off the field under fire, and bullet went in his back and came out his left arm. Missed lung, heart and bones, but bad enough to get him sent to England and back to US.
His license plate on the (now wrecked) Jeep, since transferred to new car:
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