Chapter 35: A little bit of good
In Chapter 35, Art and the 332nd resume the advance into Germany.
1. According to the unit history of the 332nd Engineers, the Army repeatedly asked for volunteers to join infantry outfits as replacement soldiers. So many enlisted men from the 332nd volunteered that the outfit had to hire large numbers of civilian workers to complete construction projects.
2. Details of the mines and booby traps are based on the unit history of the 332nd.
2. Art did report adopting a German Shepard puppy in Germany which he referred to as his “Kraut dog,” but the conversation about SPAM is fictionalized.
Media and Web links:
1. Figure 35-2 Video: Watch a video about removal of mines.
2. Figure 35-3 Video: Watch a video about refugees in WWII.
3. Figure 35-4 Web: Read the original letter from Art, written Feburary 15, 1945.
Copyright 2007 by Dan Oja