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(6,208 posts) Fri Apr 11, 2025, 04:52 PM Apr 11

April 11, 1945. The liberation of Buchenwald by the US 3rd Army

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April 11, 1945. The liberation of Buchenwald by the US 3rd Army (Original Post) surfered Apr 11 OP

I believe it was my father's first cousin (an Army officer) who was part of that. Wonder Why Apr 11 #1

My wife's father was with Patton's 3rd. We think he was there surfered Apr 11 #2

K&R UTUSN Apr 11 #3

Wonder Why

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1. I believe it was my father's first cousin (an Army officer) who was part of that.

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Fri Apr 11, 2025, 05:42 PM

Apr 11

I know he participated in one of the Austrian camps' liberation. He told me his commander ordered him to take his men and go to the nearby town and make every able-bodied citizen go to the camp to help the victims and bury the dead, by gunpoint if necessary.

When we visited Poland with him about 20 years ago, he wanted to see Aushtwitz. He was disappointed because he said one of the things that was missing that made it so horrible was the unending overpowering smell and that there was no way the local residents could not know what was going on.

surfered

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2. My wife's father was with Patton's 3rd. We think he was there

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Fri Apr 11, 2025, 06:23 PM

Apr 11

UTUSN

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3. K&R

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Fri Apr 11, 2025, 06:30 PM

Apr 11

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