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...rations, smoked up his cigarettes and bedded down at night in the bottom of one of his boats. He considered his General Orders, especially No. 5: "To quit my post only when properly relieved." Germans in the nearby village of Ginsheim discovered him, and fed him Wurst, sauerkraut, sandwiches and beer. It began to rain; he moved into an abandoned shack near his boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: The Good Soldier Frenchy | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

Nearly two weeks after V Corps had marched away, his newfound friends in Ginsheim finally told Army authorities about the abandoned sentry. Frenchy's platoon leader scurried over in a jeep. " 'Get your stuff, Frenchy,' he told me. 'We're going back.' I says, 'What about the boats?' He said: The hell with the goddamn boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: The Good Soldier Frenchy | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

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