Boston to Bavaria and back [manuscript], 1949.

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Boston to Bavaria and back [manuscript], 1949.

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Lee describes the voyage to Le Havre on the U.S.S. Thomas H. Barry; quarters in a French chateau in Saint-André-sur-Cailly; French civilians; training on Browning machine guns; drive to the front through Holland, Belgium, and Germany; the fight for Munich; German civilians; guarding prisoners; Austria; return to le Havre; and voyage home. There are several mentions of action by the 42nd (Rainbow) Division. Bad food and lack of cleanliness are freqent complaints. Topics or incidents of interest include a young French beggar; an "In memoriam" poem to their latrine; church service in a German beer hall; shooting rabbits from a half track; accidental shooting of Lt. Ward J. Mott; deer hunting and foraging for food; bitterly cold spring of 1944; strafing of the convoy by German aviator "Bad Check Charlie," murder of a German corporal by liberated French slave laborers and his funeral; ambush of a convoy and subsequent capture of a town; death of commander Colonel Newton J. Jones from sniper fire; murder of a young German soldier by a U. S. officer; German farms and farmers; looting or "liberating," a church in Kirchdorf with the bones of St. Bernadette on display; discovery of an S. S. trooper and his escape; a review by Omar Bradley who queried him on his home state; a fatal train wreck on the return to France; and selling cigarettes to get money for souvenirs. Buddies to whom the account is dedicated or who are mentioned in the narrative include Francis R. Dixson, Sgt. Charles J. Flanary, Harry H. Fralich, Clair A. Frew, James Hansen, Capt. John L. Hohman, John J. Jermain, Amos Lawson, Col. Joe Leftwich, Sgt. Robert L. Martin, Harold R. Middlebrook, Donald M. Parkin, Lt. Dan J. Pipkin, Charlie Ray, R. D. Smith, Raymond R Subialka, Tech. Clyde L. Vancil, and Sgt. John J. Wiley. He also lists the killed and wounded from action near Biberbach.

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