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Liberator Details Dachau

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Dan Dougherty’s Memories from Dachau Concentration Camp

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Episode #822 of Hometown Heroes, airing January 27 – February 1, continues the World War II memories of 98-year-old Dan Dougherty, centering around his experiences at Dachau Concentration Camp in April, 1945. Given how much time Dan has dedicated in his later years to detailing the history of Dachau, it’s fitting that this episode debuts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. If you missed the first part of Dan’s story, you can access that on Episode #821 of Hometown Heroes.

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  1. Hometown Heroes Radio » From A.S.T.P to the B.A.R.

    […] You’ll hear Dan reinforce that statement in sharing what they had to to find a place to sleep that night, hike out to the suburbs to “find a building that was still standing.” As the division moved on toward Munich, neither Dan nor his fellow “Thunderbirds” of the 45th had any idea what they were about to encounter. His memories of the liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp are captured in Episode #822 of Hometown Heroes… […]

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