Leon E. Kent |
| World War II, 1939-1946
Army
142rd Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Gun Battalion
Camp Wolters, Texas; European Theater
Captain
New York, NY
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Leon Kent's experiences in World War II Europe were marked by luck. His artillery unit
arrived on the continent in time for the liberation of Paris, and during the celebration he
met his future wife, a Frenchwoman. Several months later, his artillery battery was in
Belgium, and they were assigned to move out just before a German offensive nearly
wiped out an adjoining company. That was the opening of the Battle of the Bulge, and
Kent's memoir of activities in the battle's early days detail how what he described as a
lucky shot at an advancing German tank severely hampered the advance of an enemy
column; that delaying action bought the Allies precious time to turn the tide of the
fighting.
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