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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Profiles Honor Flight DFW Spring-Summer 2014


Albert enlisted into the U.S.Army on October 2, 1944 at the age of 18.

After basic training he was sent overseas to the European Theater of operations. He was assigned to the 63rd Infantry division also known as the “Blood and Fire” division. The 63rd was activated on June 15, 1943 and saw 119 days of combat in the Rhineland and central Europe. The division was sent overseas relatively late in the war, that being November 25, 1944.

Albert was part of the Headquarters Company of the 255th regiment of the 63rd.

Albert had the very hazardous job of being a scout. Many times these scouts found themselves in situations where they actually found themselves so far forward, that they were behind enemy lines.

One of Albert’s most memorable wartime experiences was when his unit was one of the first into the infamous Landsberg concentration camp.

Albert was awarded the Bronze Star, this being for being behind German lines as a scout.

He was discharged on July 30, 1946.

 

  

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