SGT. NORACE PAUL BENOIT 1923-2008

THIS IS MY FATHER, NORACE PAUL BENOIT WHO SERVED IN WWII AS A TANK COMMANDER UNDER S. PATTON// DAD SEEN ACTION/WAR/ IN ITALY/ FRANCE/ GERMANY//I RECALL DAD TELLING ME THAT HIM AND HIS MEN HAD TO BUILD A PONTOON BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE RIVER TO GET INTO GERMANY. MY FATHER WAS A HERO IN WAR AND IN MY LIFE ! HE NEVER EVER BRAGGED ON ALL THE GOOD HE DID FOR HIS COUNTRY AND MOSTLY THE 'PEOPLE' , AT HIS FUNERAL AND RECENTLY I HAD FOLKS TELL ME THAT MY FATHER HELPED THEM PURCHASE THEIR FIRST HOME, VEHICLE , LAND ETC.. THIS IS WHAT I CALL A VERY 'HUMBLE' MAN//HE WAS MY ROCK/ MY HERO IN LIFE AND TAUGHT ME MORE THAN HE REALIZED. LOVE U DAD. YOUR SON, BRYAN THOMAS BENOIT// LOUISIANA