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An Honor and A Guard: From Omaha Beach to the Heart of Nazi Germany-One Infantryman's Journey
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An Honor and A Guard: From Omaha Beach to the Heart of Nazi Germany-One Infantryman's Journey in Brampton, ON
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An Honor and A Guard: From Omaha Beach to the Heart of Nazi Germany-One Infantryman's Journey in Brampton, ON
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There were those who doubted whether NationalGuard Units could hold up like regular U.S. Army unitsin wartime. Routinely assigned missions where theodds were stacked heavily against them, the 175thRegiment-29th Infantry Division not only silenced thedoubters, they went on to gain a reputation as one ofthe fiercest fighting units of World War II.This is the story of one infantryman of the 175th-Forest S.Birch-as told to the author, his son, John F. Birch-over a period ofmany years, culminating in a recorded interview, made on June 6, 1994 (50th anniversary of the D-Day beach landings). The transcriptof the interview is included.
There were those who doubted whether NationalGuard Units could hold up like regular U.S. Army unitsin wartime. Routinely assigned missions where theodds were stacked heavily against them, the 175thRegiment-29th Infantry Division not only silenced thedoubters, they went on to gain a reputation as one ofthe fiercest fighting units of World War II.This is the story of one infantryman of the 175th-Forest S.Birch-as told to the author, his son, John F. Birch-over a period ofmany years, culminating in a recorded interview, made on June 6, 1994 (50th anniversary of the D-Day beach landings). The transcriptof the interview is included.





















