Fred Millet |
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Fred Millet, 1943 [detail] | World War II, 1939-1946
Army
5th Ranger Battalion, 79th Infantry Division
European Theater; Omaha Beach, Normandy, France; Manchester, England; Camp Blanding, Florida
Technician Five
Tamaqua, PA
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Among the most perilous assignments on D-Day were those of Army Rangers like Fred Millet, who were expected to be first and foremost in taking the beaches and scaling the cliffs to take out enemy positions up top. The casualty rates for the Rangers were enormous. By July, when U.S. forces had advanced to St.-Lo, Millet recalls, 80 percent of his company had been replaced. Once General George Patton and his 3rd Army came across the Channel, Millet and his fellow Rangers had a new boss and were on their way toward Berlin.
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