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99 Infantry Battalion (Separate) (USA) motorized and foot patrols day 3

1944-09-11 · Mons · France

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For the next four days the unit conducted motorized and foot patrols in the immediate vicinity of Mons and Valenciennes. Seventeen prisoners of war were taken during this period.

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