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George Brouillette enlisted in the US Army on October 5, 1942, a few days after his 21st birthday. He received his basic training at Camp Bragg where he was trained as an infantryman.
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George's first training period probably lasted about four months, until February 1943. Then he was sent to Panama for six months, to assist in the security of the Panama Canal. Here he remained until August 1943.
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June '44 George made the crossing to Europe. On his arrival in September he was placed with G Company, 2nd battallion 117 Infantry Regiment, 30 Infantry Division. After heavy losses the unit required reinforcements.
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1944 George June '44 made the crossing to Europe. On his arrival in September he was placed with G Company, 2nd Battalion, 117 Infantry Regiment, 30 Infantry Division. After heavy losses the unit required reinforcements.
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On November 2, 1944 the positions of George's battalion were taken over by Infantry regiment 406, 106 Infantry Division. George and his comrades could rest in Rest Camps near Heerlen and Kerkrade.
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On 16 Nov 1944. George's unit launched an attack on Mariadorf and found themselves in an area filled with anti-personnel mines. On that day many solders were killed or injured by mines. George stepped on a mine and was seriously injured. He died a day later.
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Registration ARC
to the UK
Landing on Utah Beach
Siegfriedlinie
Died on pleasure flight
Buried in Margraten, Block RR, Row 12 Grave 290
Air Evac. Nurse diploma
Married
Body washed up
Panama
To Europa
Departure for Europa
Arriving in England
Landing Omaha Beach
Nazi Germany declares war on the US
Battle of Stalingrad: Red Army defeats Germans
Born: | October 2, 1921 |
Location: | Holyoke, Massachusetts |
Family
George was the
son of Marie
Eugenie Auglor
‘Oglore’ Brouillette
and a unknown father.
when George was born his
mother was only 18 years old.
It appears that she could not take care of little George,
so he was "adopted" by his grandmother Marie.
The fact that George's biological mother was Oglore
kept from him and from others.
His half-brother Raymond and half-sister Rita were
Oglore's children after her marriage to Sylvio Peloquin.
They found out after his death that George was their half-brother.
Until then they had always thought he was a cousin.
George grew up with his grandmother and
his aunt Yvonne Marie in the town of Holyoke
Massachusetts. Although George and Raymond
did not know they were half-
brothers, they very often played, fished, swam
and played sport together.
They were particularly good at baseball.
After two years of College George
started working at D. Mackintosh &
Sons, for textiles.
He probably worked in the
mill used to drive the machines.
The textile industry was very important
in Holyoke and other
cities in Massachusetts.