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Sgt. Vincent Brencick, Injured Soldier
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Sgt. Vincent Brencick, USMC, IV Division, commander and sole survivor of the crew of the General Sherman tank Capetown, set afire by a mine. Sgt. Brencick is almost completely wrapped in bandages. His civilian occupation was apprentice butcher in St. Louis, MO.
1945
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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