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George J. Peters
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of Dec. 2006 - Jan. 2007

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- Painting Copyright © 2007 Matt Hall

It was March 24th, 1945 and in a field outside Fluren, Germany, Private George Peters landed his parachute along with 10 other American paratroopers. They landed just 75 yards from a German machinegun and were pinned down. On his own initiative, Private Peters stood and made a charge at the machinegun. This drove the deadly fire away from the rest of his comrades. Halfway to his objective, Peters was hit, fell, then got back up. He got a bit closer and was torn up by more machinegun fire. This time he was too badly wounded to rise but he began to crawl...
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