Word: pietsch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weeks before Dijon's liberation, two U.S. paratroopers-boyish Captain William Pietsch (rhymes with screech) and Sergeant Robert Baird-dropped down into the area from England. Also parachuted: automatic arms and mortars for 300 men. The two Americans organized the Maquis, led several small attacks, harried the disorganized Germans right & left. Getting bigger ideas, Captain Pietsch set out in an ancient Buick, drove it through German lines, reached the Third Army, borrowed a few U.S. tanks...