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  • "He's just the Stuff of Legends"

    07/26/2020 8:52:41 AM PDT · by dmam2011 · 23 replies
    Clarksvillian Underground ^ | July 22, 2020 | Dave McGuire
    (CU News) - Joseph R. Beyrle was the first paratrooper to land in Normandy and the only soldier to fight for both the United States and the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. Beyrle survived interrogation by the NAZI Gestapo and escaped from German prison camps three different times. Joe Beyrle was married in the same church that held his funeral years. His life is the stuff of legends; And that life largely centered around the 101st Airborne Division. You see, Beyrle served in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Division. He specialized in radio communications and demolition. Before Beyrle’s journey...