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Letter of commendation to troops of V Corps by Lt. General Courtney Hodges, Commander First United States Army to Commander V Corps, Major General Clarence R. Huebner.

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Bob Searl [NJ] Germany

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A.Stokes [NJ] & L.Kraus [NJ] Germany

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The 56th Signal Battalion was among the first allied troops to cross the Rhine. Here at the Victor? Pontoon Bridge Across the Rhine River, Germany 1945.

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First contact telegram of just a few lines of comfort to my wife and family that I had survived the Initial DDay Assault on the coast of Normandy in June 1944. A welcome word to ease the anxiety, fear and apprehension felt back home.

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Images of the war's effect on a quaint village in Normandy

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Resting in a village outside of Bayeux, so named due to a coal mine that once existed here.

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Chas Townsend [NJ] & Steve Mason [NJ]

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Our living quarters for the first few days of the invasion: a bombed-out German bunker off the shores of Omaha Beach.

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La Pie qui Tette, Vierville, France, the first few days in Normandy.
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