Sept 20 Moved to rest area E of Lesnevans-
Road Guide to cow pastures
Fog like sea in Valleys
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| An example of fog in Southern France |
Battalion History: 20 September: Entire battalion moves back to concentration area near Lesneven, for a veritable orgy of clothes washing, sleeping, checking and repairing equipment and seeing shows in town. The first 'problem' is over.
Well, that's the way the history books will tell it, if the historians remember that there WAS such a fight as the Battle of Brest....
Well, that's the overall picture. Through it all...plots were amazingly accurate, wire was cut but it went back in amazingly fast. There were no Congressional Medals of Honor handed out, but there were no Purple Hearts either, and for that we're grateful.
Cliff Hope from his book: We left for a regrouping area near Lesneven to the northeast of Brest on 20 September, and the next day we were told of our assignment to the newly formed Ninth Army. For the next week we cleaned equipment, saw special service shows, bathed and washed clothes in creeks, and generally messed around.
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