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   genienakano

   March 19, 2024

   Interesting story. Dad was in Bruyeres and helped rescue the lost battalion. Hideki and I went to Bruyeres 3 times. We met a really nice couple there and stayed at there home each time. It is a beautiful village. Dad never talked about the 442. He said he wanted to move on. He trashed all his medals. I didn’t know he had them but Hideki my husband went through a lot of paperwork and got copies of my Dad’s medals. Ten medals! But Dad passed away years before we got them.All this time I thought he deserted because he never talked about his experiences in war time. Only a beautiful short story of a love affair he had with a woman in France. In the story he talked a little about the Bruyeres Battle but quickly went into the love story. I f interested I will send it to you. It is called Interlude I guess meaning a break from fighting.

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   Anonymous

   March 19, 2024

   Very nice! I’ve met several members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. One was at Mom’s nursing home. Brian had dementia but was 98. I sometimes stopped by to check on Mom after Coast Guard Auxiliary meetings or boat patrols. He would stand and salute me, not realizing I was not an officer. Every time he heard the national anthem or saw the American flag he would stand and salute and cry. I had a former employer who had been in the “Lost Battalion” at the Battle of the Bulge who had been cut off and surround by the Nazis. He was rescued by the “Fighting 442” and spoke highly of them.

   ~Charles Harmon

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