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Milford: I was born in Milford, Connecticut in 1925

Enlistment: I got my draft notice right away

Fort Benning: Basic training

Christmas: Northeastern University in Boston, weekends at home!

F Company: 101st Infantry, 26th Yankee Division

Over There: On the 27th of August 1944 we boarded the Saturnia

Our Commander: We thought he acted and looked like someone's Grandma.

The Front Line: Some of those nights were the longest I can remember

Hill 310: I was sure that I was about to die and didn't

Trench Foot: Each stop had a doctor with his own theory of treatment

To Oxford: Some nut yelled, " must be a torpedo"

Luxembourg: Our outfit was in Luxembourg and shortly,

Replacement Depots: We slogged through snow a good part of the day

Occupation: Our occupation duty started out in the Sudatenland

Netolice: The Yankee Division organized a school

One Lonely Soldier: Got no mail from home for several months

Camp Lucky Strike: Military installations named for cigarettes?

Chapel Hill: One of the oddest New Years Eves I have ever spent

Epilogue: The Green Family

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