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American History

303squadron

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2. And after it was liberated

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 11, 2024, 08:00 AM

Apr 2024

my father in law, Captain in the Medic Corp, went in and tried to save as many as he could. We have the letters he wrote home in which he described the experience. It changed him for the rest of his life.

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