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Hilbert Margol | B Battery, 392nd Field Artillery Battalion, 42nd Infantry Division - Army

5:16   |   Their companion infantry unit had been in Southern France for two months when the 392nd Field Artillery arrived in Marseille. Gunner Hilbert Margol describes the unit makeup and how he mistook his first combat for maneuvers. Behind him were more artillery units with weapons increasing in size with distance from the front.

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