Don Moore

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He was at The Bulge – Pfc. Floyd Gantzer was in the 17th Airborne Division

In U. S. Army, World War II on June 22, 2012 at 4:38 am

Floyd Gantzer holds a Nazi flag outside the apartment his anti-tank unit was living in in Berlin. Photo provided by Floyd Gantzer

Trained as a paratrooper at Fort Benning, Ga., in July 1944, former Pfc. Floyd Gantzer was attached to the 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment, part of the 17th Airborne Division at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in January 1945 during World War II. Read the rest of this entry »

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