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Old 06-08-2021, 10:51 AM
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My family always thought my Uncle was in the D Day landing (his Regiment was). We also knew he was a POW at some point. I finally put it together that he was taken POW in North Africa, 18 months before D-Day. The 16th Infantry went from North Africa, to liberate SIcily; to D-Day.