Fred Bell (on right) and Aurio Pierro, veterans of B/33rd AR, are reunited in 1999 for the first time in 55 years. They had last seen each other at the Siege of Petit Coo, Belgium, in the Battle of the Bulge in December, 1944. In that action, Bell suffered combat wounds that would permanently pull him out of the war. He credited Pierro with saving his life.

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    Aurio Pierro & Fred Bell - 3rd Armored Division WWII

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    Fred Bell (on right) and Aurio Pierro, veterans of B/33rd AR, are reunited in 1999 for the first time in 55 years. They had last seen each other at the Siege of Petit Coo, Belgium, in the Battle of the Bulge in December, 1944. In that action, Bell suffered combat wounds that would permanently pull him out of the war. He credited Pierro with saving his life.

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    Haynes Dugan & Andy Barr - 3rd Armored Division WWII

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    Andrew Barr (at right) and Haynes Dugan are video-taped in 1985 during an interview and talk session arranged by Dan Peterson, then director of 3AD's Spearhead Museum in Frankfurt/M, Germany. The taping took place at a 3AD Association national reunion in the States. Lt. Col. Barr and Major Dugan were the senior G2 Staff (Intelligence) officers for the Division during WWII. Peterson also appears in the video, briefly on several occasions.

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    Bob Kauffman 2009 TV Interview

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    Bob Kauffman is interviewed on Veterans Day, 2009, by Eve Tannery of WFMZ-TV in Allentown, PA. Included in this two-part broadcast was discussion about Kauffman's new book "The Replacement" -- "The Maturing of an 18-year-old in WW II." Kauffman served with "D" Co, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, in Europe.

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    Carl Kiefer - 3rd Armored Division WWII

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    A short but very touching interview of Carl Kiefer in 1989. A veteran of Service Co, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3AD, Carl always preferred not to talk of his wartime experiences. This is a video by Bill Ruth, also a veteran of Service Co, and his wife Eulalia (Lale).

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    Walter Stitt - 3rd Armored Division WWII

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    Interviewed in 1995 by Charles Corbin (also a 3AD WWII veteran), Walter Stitt describes some of his experiences in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in Dec. 1944 and Jan. 1945. Stitt was the gunner of a Sherman tank with E Co of the 33rd Armored Regiment and had seen action from Normandy, through Belgium, and into Germany before the German counter-offensive (The Bulge).

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    Bill Ruth - 3rd Armored Division WWII

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    Bill Ruth is taped at his Ohio home in 1989. A member of Service Co, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3AD, in Europe during 1944-45, Bill saw action in France, Belgium, and Germany, including the Battle of the Bulge and the Army of occupation in Germany. In this video, he discusses a sampling of his experiences in the first three months of his nine months in combat. He was twice the President of the 3rd Armored Division Association (the 3AD WWII veterans organization)

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    John Barclay - 3rd Armored Division WWII

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    John Barclay is interviewed at the 1989 reunion of Service Co, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3AD, in Cincinnati, OH. It's a fascinating perspective of a mess sergeant with the 3rd Armored Division that fought its way from the Normandy landings to the banks of the Elbe River, deep within the Third Reich. This is a video by Bill Ruth, also a veteran of Service Co, and his wife Eulalia (Lale), who is considered by some as the "Barbara Walters" of the 3rd Armored

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    Henry Soderberg - 3rd Armored Division WWII

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    From the Jersey Shore to Germany. A 3rd Armored Division WWII veteran remembers. In loving memory of Henry D. "Hank" Soderberg, February 5, 1925 - February 14, 2010, of Havertown, PA, who served with the Spearhead Division's Service Co. MP's in the defeat of Nazi Germany. Interviews conducted in 2009 by Louise DiSylvestro. Narrated by Stacey Jeffers. Produced and edited by Wayne Wright, www.WayneWrightPhotography.com. Special thanks to Vic Damon,

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