Deyo,  WW2

Clarence Deyo

Clarence Deyo -1946
Clarence Deyo circa 1946

Clarence Deyo spent most of World War 2 as a platoon Sargent in the Timberwolf Division fighting through France and into Germany.

While in Northern France his platoon unwittingly captured a German payroll truck. After the capture, his squad got drunk and burned all the money to keep warm.

Clarence’s most traumatic incident in the Second World War involved the killing of a German sniper, who had pinned down his platoon and was shot out of a tree. Upon examining the dead sniper, he discovered a pretty young French girl. That incident troubled and haunted him for the rest of his life.

this account was related by Fred Rabideau to Mark Rabideau and Linda Ziegler

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