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Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Col. Bill Gara: Leading the First Engineer Battalion in World War II, Part II

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

History

4.6675 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In the second of a two-part episode, Col. Bill Gara tells stories of the 1st Engineer Combat Battalion of the 1st Infantry. Gara served from North Africa to Omaha Beach and the Battle of the Bulge. See additional photos and learn more about the 1st Engineer Battalion at firstengineerbattalionveterans.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Warriors in their own words is our attempt to present an unvarnished, unsanitized truth of what we have asked of those who defend this nation.

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