Germany

 

Rosemary Casey Winter, an Army nurse in training during World War II, read these entries and wrote in to express her thanks for 'the excellent, truthful, realistic portrayal of WWII.' She recounts her loved ones' experiences during World War II in her letter.
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Pete Stiponovich was a tank driver and gunner with the 13th Armored Division (The Black Cats), Co. B, 24th Tank Battalion. In 1945 the 13th Armored served in occupied France and then fought in Germany with Patton's Third Army, most notably in the Ruhr Valley.
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A native Englishwoman and member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Barbara Saks spent WWII working in Intelligence at Bletchley Park, the United Kingdom's main top-secret codebreaking establishment. During the Blitz, German pilots bombed her house, leaving only a skeleton frame. Barbara came to America in 1946 to be with her husband.
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Assigned to the 78th Infantry Division, Weindling fought in Germany, seeing much action as he worked to cut off German supply lines and secure a crossing for the Allies.
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Allan B. Kortz recalls a lucky accident involving the 66th Black Panther, his anti-tank platoon, as the division guarded against enemy patrols.
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