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)
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