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3 unusual facts about Joseph Liebgott


Joseph Liebgott

Many of the men either had their heads shaved or got Mohawks.

During the attack on Carentan he was clearing a house with Edward Tipper when an explosion wounded Tipper, breaking both of his legs.

At Noville, while patrolling with Sergeant Earl Hale, the two men went into a barn and captured six German SS officers.


Wayne Sisk

While in occupation duty in Kaprun, Captain Ronald Speirs ordered First Sergeant Lynch to take Sisk, Don Moone and Joseph Liebgott to find and to kill a Nazi Official hiding in a farm nearby.


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