In February 1979 came a call from Chief Warrant Officer Carl Hansen of the Awards Office in the Pentagon. “Colonel Urban, I have some great news for you!
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Also known as “The capital of ruins” (95% of the city was destroyed) the city of Saint Lô was a strategic crossroad for the Germans and the Americans. Whoever held
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Task Force “C” was conceived by Major General Charles Harrison Corlett,XIX Corps Commander and Major General Charles Hunter Gerhardt, General of the 29th Infantry
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