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Article: A son retraces his father's footsteps, and Patton's, in Sicily.(Time Travel)(Operation Husky)(General George S. Patton)
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- November 1, 2009
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Just after midnight on July 10, 1943, American troops crossed the 90 miles of Mediterranean separating North Africa from Sicily in one of the largest amphibious invasions to date. My father, a medical technician, shipped out almost two weeks later to Palermo--Sicily's capital, and a major Axis supply point of arguable operational value for the Allies--where his 9th Division would join Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Seventh Army. By then Patton had charged north across the island's middle to capture its capital, and was turning east to race his British rival, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, to Messina. The Yanks beat the Brits by a nose; ...
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