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| − | When [[John Thomas Wilson]] returned from Europe after World War II, he had with him a wooden clog souvenir from the Netherlands on which he had engraved some of the details of his war experience. The text of the pencil engravings is as follows: | + | When [[John Thomas Wilson]] returned from Europe after World War II, he had with him a wooden clog/shoe souvenir from the Netherlands on which he had engraved some of the details of his war experience. The text of the pencil engravings is as follows: |
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When John Thomas Wilson returned from Europe after World War II, he had with him a wooden clog/shoe souvenir from the Netherlands on which he had engraved some of the details of his war experience. The text of the pencil engravings is as follows:
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LIBERATION MOOSBERG GERMANY APRIL 24, 1945
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ROY BROOME
RT 3
COLUMBIA SC
H.A. MITCHELL M Thompson
CHARLOTTSVILLE, 4-1-05, 93???
VA LONG ISLAND CITY
J. NELSON
BOX 83
FAIRHAVEN, V?
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H.G.M. STRUNK D. WINNEGA
1408 FAIRVIEW BOX 352
READING, PA L'ANSE, MiC
W. WILSON JIM SUTTON
CRAWFORD, ?? BOX 275(?)
JACK TRIPLET CULVER CITY, CA
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W. Va
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B-17F
SWEET
17
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483 BOMB GP.
815 BOMB Sq.
FOGGIA, ITALY
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1945
JAN. 17. C.P.H. VA
FEB. 2. ROCK OF GIB.
FEB. 5. S. MARSE, FR.
FEB. 8. ALGIERS, N. AF.
FEB. 12. NAPLES, IT.
FEB. 17 FOGGIA, IT.
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KRIEGAFANGER
MAR. 14. LENTI, HUN
MAR. 19. BRATISLAVA
MAR. 20. VIENNA
MAR. 22, NURENBERG.
MAR. 23.
MAR. 25. NURENBERG
APR. 20 MOOSBERG, GER
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MAY 4. LANDSAUT, GY
MAY 6. REIMS, FRANCE
MAY 17. ST. VALLERY
