Germans in US forces
Germans in US forces
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how many, approximately, German volunteers (of non-jewish descend) served in US Army/Air Force/Navy/USMC during ww2 ? How many American Germans served in US forces?
how many, approximately, German volunteers (of non-jewish descend) served in US Army/Air Force/Navy/USMC during ww2 ? How many American Germans served in US forces?
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Of German-Americans second and third generation? I can name five from my home town My Father Raymond Schwamberger, his cousins Mike Keller & Robert Beutler, two inlaws Roger and Ted Stern. Those from my family. Random recollections from my childhood and cemetery tombstones are Schnurrenberger, Yost, a Rommel, Schlutenhoffer, Brost, Eheresman, Steiner. So at least a dozen from my childhood home area.
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There was also some guy most people liked. Can't recall the name. Add my grandpa and his five brothers. A whole reinforced squad of German Americans!Carl Schwamberger wrote: ↑24 Sep 2020, 02:59Of German-Americans second and third generation? I can name five from my home town My Father Raymond Schwamberger, his cousins Mike Keller & Robert Beutler, two inlaws Roger and Ted Stern. Those from my family. Random recollections from my childhood and cemetery tombstones are Schnurrenberger, Yost, a Rommel, Schlutenhoffer, Brost, Eheresman, Steiner. So at least a dozen from my childhood home area.
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Not to mention the gent who ran the Pacific fleet.
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Re: Germans in US forces
heres one
General Walter Krueger
Born West Prussia
Emigrated 1889
Enlisted US Army 1898 Spanish American War served in the Philippines
Commissioned Officer 1901
Died 1967
Commanded US 6th Army in the SWPA
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Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach
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"Widerstand von außen. Deutsche in alliierten Streitkräften (1939-1945)"
Link to the PDF file:
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Link to the PDF file:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... nwmKwYtaPf
9 Pages, download is 356 KB, german language.
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