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Article: Bag back from Battle of Bulge: Collector in Europe returns duffel left behind by WWII veteran, 85, now living in Catonsville.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- April 28, 2007
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Byline: Josh Mitchell
Apr. 28--Henry J. Roth cheated fate in 1944 when severely swollen feet earned him a coveted seat on a train to an English hospital, weeks before his Army division was pounded by advancing Germans in the Battle of the Bulge.
Sixty-three years later, a faded relic from his foxhole arrived at Roth's home in Catonsville.
Roth, an 85-year-old retired accountant, received the package this week from Belgium. As his mailman and wife looked on, Roth opened the box and pulled out a dark green canvas duffel bag, emblazoned with stenciled lettering:
"Henry J. Roth 33383648"
It didn't take long for Roth to recognize ...