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Richard 12-21-2012 10:05

Christmas - December 1944
 
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Just thinking of how my Uncle Leonard (TSgt, 120th Inf Rgt, 30th Ind Div) and many other Americans spent their holiday season in 1944.

The pics are of the card he sent my Grandma that year and him as a Platoon Sergeant taken at Malmedy after they'd freed the village during the Battle of the Bulge.

The impact of Americans like my Uncle Leonard and millions of others has been felt in Europe for many decades now.

Richard
:munchin

MR2 12-21-2012 11:33

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Originally Posted by Richard (Post 479476)
The impact of Americans like my Uncle Leonard and millions of others has been felt in Europe for many decades now.

Excellent! And he looks like you too!

mark46th 12-21-2012 17:01

He is a handsome devil!

Dad 12-21-2012 19:51

The greatest generation
 
Too few of his type left. Thanks Richard.

Wonder how many today even know the significance of Malmedy.

PRB 12-21-2012 21:14

Nice, thanks for the share.

ZonieDiver 12-21-2012 21:36

From the looks of his uniform, there must not have been Sergeants Major back then! :D

Oh, that's right... they were more concerned with killing the enemy back then. (Though Patton could be a stickler...but not when the troops were actually doing the killilng...just later.)

MR2 12-22-2012 08:53

You know - that Christmas card reminds me of the Free Pineland patch/flag.


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