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Tompkins Diary : 1945 Entries

Two soldiers in snow 1940s

January to March 1945

The unit moves between France and Germany during this time.

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Two men crouched in a dugout fortification

April to July 1945

The unit travels from France to Luxembourg in April, and into Germany. They return to France in June, and head to Le Havre where they take a ship back to the United States. They arrive in Virginia Beach on July 2, and the diary ends on July 5 when he finally gets home.

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