SGT NORACE PAUL BENOIT, b. 1923-d. 2008

ARMY PHOTO/ SGT. NORACE PAUL BENOIT//
GERMANY - 1940-

Sgt. LeMaire entered the army ia September 1940. 6th Army Group, Germany a stubborn cierman resistance was transformed into willing surrender when tankmen of the 753rd Tank Battalion of which Sergent Norace Benoit of Gueydan, Louisiana, is a member, covered U.S Army Doughboys of Gea, Jacob L Devers' 6th Army group in the crossing of a Rhine River tributary. The Yanks crossed the river in boats and took the hill with 60 German prisoners.// POSTED IN
The Kaplan Times from Kaplan, Louisiana// MAY 1945