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  FOUR PHOTOS BELOW (from top): Bill Ruth at age 22: (1) north of Liege, Belgium, Feb., 1945; (2) with knocked out German Panther tank [75mm HV] after battle of Paderborn, April, 1945; (3) with trusty Colt .45 at Buschbell, Germany, March, 1945; and (4) a brief break while reading the Johnstown Tribune [Ohio] somewhere between Marburg and Paderborn.

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