One of those killed on August 27 was A Company sergeant George
Dudley. He had been with the 70th from its earliest days, fought
through the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns, and from D day and
on. He was well liked and respected throughout the battalion.
George Brookstein has said of his A Company comrade, "He was a
man I greatly admired. He didn't have to be in the war. as he was in
his late thirties, but he volunteered." Because of his age, character,
and experience, "Big Dudley" had been a steadying influence on
men around him, going out of his way to help replacements as they
came into the war, frightened and unsure.
Dudley. He had been with the 70th from its earliest days, fought
through the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns, and from D day and
on. He was well liked and respected throughout the battalion.
George Brookstein has said of his A Company comrade, "He was a
man I greatly admired. He didn't have to be in the war. as he was in
his late thirties, but he volunteered." Because of his age, character,
and experience, "Big Dudley" had been a steadying influence on
men around him, going out of his way to help replacements as they
came into the war, frightened and unsure.
One of those killed on August 27 was A Company sergeant George
Dudley. He had been with the 70th from its earliest days, fought
through the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns, and from D day and
on. He was well liked and respected throughout the battalion.
George Brookstein has said of his A Company comrade, "He was a
man I greatly admired. He didn't have to be in the war. as he was in
his late thirties, but he volunteered." Because of his age, character,
and experience, "Big Dudley" had been a steadying influence on
men around him, going out of his way to help replacements as they
came into the war, frightened and unsure.
Dudley. He had been with the 70th from its earliest days, fought
through the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns, and from D day and
on. He was well liked and respected throughout the battalion.
George Brookstein has said of his A Company comrade, "He was a
man I greatly admired. He didn't have to be in the war. as he was in
his late thirties, but he volunteered." Because of his age, character,
and experience, "Big Dudley" had been a steadying influence on
men around him, going out of his way to help replacements as they
came into the war, frightened and unsure.
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