My father’s brother, my uncle Joe Ludema, will celebrate his 101st birthday Nov. 17. He served as a combat medic in the third infantry division, seventh army under General George S. Patton. Joe Ludema, one of the few that remain, enlisted in the army Jan. 26, 1942, at the age of 22. As a combat medic, Mr. Ludema experienced some of the worst combat of the European theater. Here they met an entrenched German army where the Allies were kept from going inland, enduring four months of bombardment and fighting.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 14, 2020 12:56 UTC