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Old April 14th, 2008, 07:49 AM
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Default Re: Please help with grandpa's WWII info

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Here is some additional specific I have a picture of him when he first enlisted, but there are no patches. He has a pin on the front of his uniform that has a blue background with a rifle in silver. He has two round pins on the lapels but I can't see what they are. He talked of being in Iceland, France, England, Italy and possibly Ireland. In a letter to my grandmother he said he saw his first German on July 13, 1944.

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The badge with the blue background and rifle is the Combat Infantryman Badge and the pins on his collar would be the "U.S." and Infantry (crossed rifles) discs.
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