sorry to hear that my dad made it through the African campaign ,middle eastern campaign and the European campaign. at least that's the campaign ribbons he had he never talked much about the war to me he was 40yrs old when i was born and only told me a few stories he spoke German Swedish and English he said he was army air corps intelligence so i assumed he was special forces of the time. he had a German Luger he said he got from a German officer.have a great day Brother