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Rescuing a “lost battalion”

By The World ⋅ November 11, 2009 ⋅ Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

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US veterans Ito Susumu (pictured) and Erwin Blonder recall how Japanese-American soldiers rescued the “Lost Battalion” of the Texas National Guardsman from behind German lines in the Vosges Mountains during World War II.

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