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A Veterans Story From World War II in Italy and Rome
Henry Zimmerman recalls serving as forward artillery observer with the 88th Infantry Division in Italy. He remembers surrendering 12 German soldiers near Rome, the 1944 advance, bunking in a barn with a German woman, and sharing rations with a fallen friend as Rome neared liberation.
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San Antonio
Henry Zimmerman
U.S
Rome
Zimmerman
Italy
88Th
Herman Meyer
Ernest Zimmerman
Moulton
Germany
Wilson County
Willie Apts
Apts