[AT] Veterans day

[Dallas and Kathy]

Good Afternoon, My Father,too, crossed the Rhine. He was in the 5th and 7th 
Armies. The only time in the history of the USA, that a group of men have 
been assigned to 2 Armies. Dad took the flag on the SS headquarters on the 
Rhine. It is a HUGE flag ,edged in black with SS on the corner. Yes, Dad 
landed on the southern tip of Africa, marched the entire length of Africa, 
into Sicily, to the toe of Italy. Then to France, to Germany. Then back to 
France. He was the 3rd Liberator to walk through the gates of Auswich. Once 
when he was drunk, he told me of the rendering vats there, for rendering 
what fat remained in the Jews' bodies. He said that the "oil" was used for 
lamp lights. He was indeed a hero. Unsung to world, but never to me. 
Everything that he experienced during the war helped to make him an 
alcoholic. But for the 43 years that God let me have this wonderful man as 
my father, he was nothing short of gentle.

                                      In Loving memory of Clarence Albers,
                                                        Kathy Klemme
                                                  His only Daughter
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> My brother-In-Law Benny DeFuentes  was with  Patton he was captured 
> crossing
> the Rhine and spent that last 6 months of the  war in a German 
> concentration
> camp. He said a German Sergeant took a liking to  him and brought him
> sandwiches now and then. Other than that they ate carrots  and carrot 
> juice he never
> ate another carrot after the war.   I found  him on a website for WWII 
> POWs
> funny I was looking for him under his real name  Benito but it was under 
> his
> nickname Benny.
>
> Walt Davies
> Cooper Hollow  Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460
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