The Wooden Clog

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:

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  LIBERATION
   MOOSBERG
   GERMANY
APRIL 24, 1945

Left Shank

                          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?

Right Shank

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
-
W. Va

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      B-17F
      SWEET
        17
     --------
   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