Subject: THE DAY THE 344TH STOPPED PATTON
From: (B2431)
Date: 9/7/03 5:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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I haven't seen Art dismiss ground combat troops. The closest I can recall was
a
while back when he pointed out that the 8th AF bomber crews had a lower
survival rate in 1942 than the cround combat forces ever did.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired


That was true all through the war The AAC had the hiighest loss rate of any US
service. If you wanted to live, join the infantry. If you wanted to join the
AAC and live, be a cook.



Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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