Mertzweiller with 8.8 cm (88 mm) German Flak Gun on the French coast in 1945

Gift in memory of Polly Mertzweiller
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Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, center, sitting on the barrel of an 8.8 cm (88 mm) German Flak Gun on the French coast in 1945

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Items from the service of Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, US Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force, 387th Bombardment Group, 559th Bombardment Squadron, European Theatre of Operations. Mertzweiller flew 34 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations.
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Normandie
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Artillery (Weaponry)--German--France
Coastlines--France