Heroic Officers Dare Death for Men

[Walt's Daughter]

Heroic Officers Dare Death for Men

 

My buddy Steve Casey, son of Donald Casey - 540th Combat Engineer, sent me some documents which include an article found in Collier's Magazine, August 1943. The article covers the story of three men, one of whom was a member of the 540th. I placed the article in two parts; the image at top and the text itself.

 

Also included are two letters sent home to his wife, which reference this event, and finally a PDF file which covers each of the three men. Pretty cool stuff.

 

Thanks Steve, this is just awesome!

Heroic_Officers___Letters_from_Donald_Casey001.pdf

Three_Men_Involved_in_Jeep_Story_North_Africa.pdf

[CaptO]

Neat story and letters! I hadn't heard of the story.

[Walt's Daughter]

Me neither, until now. Too bad I didn't get it into the North Africa segment....