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Old September 29th, 2007, 02:13 AM
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Default Re: Beast of Omaha

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Originally Posted by BZPowell View Post
Hein Severloh - he was one of the last Germans firing at Omaha Beach. Allegedly he was responsible for nearly 3,000 KIA that day.
Amazing, that's nearly 500 more than some estimates of the total* number of Allied troops killed on D-Day


* US, British, Canadian, and other Allies,
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