07-01-2013, 09:35 AM
Well, hi sister Karen. Our father, Charles F. Lewis started WWII in the North Africa Campaign as a captain and I think company commander of "C" Company of the 344th. By the end of the war he was a Lt. Colonel and commander of the 344th. Karen did not mention that he was awarded the Croix 'de Guerre by the French for linking the people on either side of the Rhone at Avignon after all the bridges there had been destroyed by the Germans. I recommend to all those interested in WWII history to read Rick Atkinson's Trilogy. The third one on continental Europe was just released in May.