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Force in the Italian campaign and later in Southern France. After the Germans surrendered, he was with the 474th as an MP, guarding the Nazi gold hoard and other treasures in the Merkers mine. Later, that unit went to Norway to help roust the Nazis. Dad reinlisted after the war and served in the army for 23 years. We lived in Germany from 1959-1962 and there were still places that had not been rebuilt. We went to Dachau--still chills me to think about it decades later.

Last year, I read Thomas Childers' book Soldier from the War Returning. He focused on 4 men from different areas and backgrounds who went off to war, had very different experiences which affected them in very different ways. It is an excellent book. You might enjoy it.