Don Bennett's War
By Donald Bennett Sr. 

Written when I was in the Army Hospital for 19 months recovering from wounds.

Table of Contents

Prologe: This was it!

Chapter 1: Camp Shanks

Chapter 2: Boarding the Ships

Chapter 3: The 'Cruise'

Chapter 4: Land!

Chapter 5: The Mediterranean

Chapter 6: Marseilles dock duty

Chapter 7: First pass to Marseilles

Chapter 8: Good Times

Chapter 9: North to Battle

Chapter 10: Epinal France

Chapter 11: Close to War

Chapter 12: Vosges Mountains

Chapter 13: St. Diè

Chapter 14: First Casualty

Chapter 15: Peace in the valley?

Chapter 16: Leapfrogging

Chapter 17: The ‘B.A.R.’ man

Chapter 18: Back to the Front

Chapter 19: German fast retreat

Chapter 20: Night Fire

Chapter 21: Taking a village

Chapter 22: Lundeen

Chapter 23: Misery

Chapter 24: R & R

Chapter 25: Confusion & Horror

Chapter 26: SS armored division

Chapter 27: Coal Country

Chapter 28: Caught in the Middle

Chapter 29: Neighbors

Chapter 30: The Maginot Line

Chapter 31: Climbach

Chapter 32: Hit by an 88

Chapter 33: Field Hospital

Chapter 34: Air Raids & Christmas

Chapter 35: Penicillin & Aix

Chapter 36: Leaving Europe

Chapter 37: Hospital Ship

Chapter 38: USA & Home!

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National WW2 Memorial Honoree

Cactus Division Timeline

From Bruyeres to Brenner; The Combat Story of the Fighting 411th

The Stage Door Canteen in New York City.

The Gray Line's Santa Maria.

Battle at Climbach

Don & Virginia (Ginny)