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Frank “Pepper” Martin
Private 1st Class US Army

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Anti-Tank Company, Frank Martin bottom Row 4th from left

Frank Martin, standing on running board of Army truck with Dominic Bellini in truck. Taken at Fort McCoy, WI
   

Dominic Bellini, Frank’s buddy throughout war years in Europe, Germany 1945

Frank Martin, Germany 1945
   

Frank Martin with Anti Tank gun

Frank Martin in Camouflage suit aka ‘Monkey Suit’ with rifle
   

Frank Martin in Back of Army Truck

Frank Martin in pup tent, “This is the actual size of our ‘pup’ tents
   

Dominic Bellini with rifle and ready for action

Frank Martin with full field pack, ‘Note canteen on my right side. Also, me bedroll strapped onto my back’
   
Frank with a small German girl after they captured a German Flag company. Many GIs had similar pictures taken with German children. Frank told me (wife Ernestine) that each GI carried his own pictures such as this one. It got to be a joke amongst the GIs that were involved in the capture of the German Flag Company. The GIs gave the local German kids candy/food for posing with them. Lady Friends, somewhere in Europe
   
 
Correspondance Certificate of nomination for membership, The American Legion
 

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