Try out for position in 90th Division Band. I’m afraid I di… - Virgil John Tangborn

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Try out for position in 90th Division Band. I’m afraid I did not do so well because my lips were chapped from the hot, desert wind and I was terribly thirsty.

Virgil John Tangborn

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About Virgil John Tangborn

(May 23, 1920 - June 14, 1944) PFC, U.S. Army, and recipient for gallantry, was mortally wounded by enemy shellfire during the on June 14, 1944 at the small village of Amfreville in Normandy, France. He was rescuing a wounded soldier trapped in a burning truck containing exploding ammunition. The action took place during ensuing explosions within a burning and heavily shelled artillery ammunition dump. He is the brother of , American . Unless otherwise indicated, the following quotes are from Wartime Journal: A Memoir of Virgil Tangborn (1938-1944) (2017) edited by Wendell Tangborn.

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