"My dad was in Patton's Third Army landed Utah Beach July 8th with the 119th Anti Aircraft 90 MM gun crew. He had qualified for driving a tank among other vehicles during training.
At the time of the Dec. 44 German breakout out he was made a tank commander. Rode the tank until a grenade was dropped into an open hatch as they traveled through a town. He just made it out unfortunately his crew didn't. Dad talked very little about what happen I think there was a lot of soul searching why he was…"
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