Richard W Dionne Jr
Photos by Richard W Dionne Jr
Morphis Jamiel holds up a Nazi flag that he retrieved from a top a town hall of a German city after the Battle of the Bulge in 1945.
At 6:30 p.m. ext Wednesday, Sept. 19, Mr. Jamiel will present a large collection of memorabilia from and about the Battle of the Bulge during a ceremony at the George Hail Library. His collection of writings, books, articles, and artifacts from the war — including a Nazi flag, US field kits, helmets and other items — will be on long-term loan “so people can learn about it,” he said Friday.
He knows of what he speaks. Mr. Jamiel was a young soldier attached to the 7th Armored Division, 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, Company B, when the battle, also known as the Ardennes offensive broke out in December 1944.
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- Photos by Richard W Dionne Jr Morphis Jamiel holds up a Nazi flag that he retrieved from a top a town hall of a German city after the Battle of the Bulge in 1945.
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