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Old 02-14-2011, 08:22 PM
Abbott Shaull Abbott Shaull is offline
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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b View Post
Maybe the 8th came to the decision that they were never going to get back to the States, and were looking for some sort of safe harbor -- trade their firepower and use as a defense force for a home with the locals. Like many units in Europe did.
It could be possibility after they found themselves so far in advance of the rest of IX US Corps.
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