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My Uncle Bill Newnan was an extremely modest person who sought no glory in his daily life. Though his poor eye-sight would have given him a medical out from the draft during World War II, he became both a Ranger and another type of heroic service man. After escaping from Italy he could have stayed home as a war hero, instead he joined another elite fighting unit and went off to serve in China. This is a remarkable war story, and extremely well told by the person who had earned the right to tell it. Dad was no slouch either.
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| Title | Escape in Italy: The Narrative of Lieutenant William L. Newnan... |
| Author | William Loring Newnan |
| Publisher | University of Michigan Press, 1945 |
| Length | 48 pages |
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