Families in Holland and Belgium Made Many 275^th Soldiers Feel Welcome

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T4 Melville Tant and Tech Sgt Gerald Veach
with local Belgian family who shared their home

T5 Harold Ricks with local
Belgian family whose kindness
he says that he will never forget.

American soldiers faced with the feeling the uncertainties of strange countries, languages most didn't understand and a fierce enemy. The open hearted hospitality of the Belgian and Dutch people eased the anxiety the Americans were experiencing.

(Kneeling): Harold Ricks, Roy Agee, 
(Back) Melville Tant, Woman w/baby, 
George Pulido, Stone Williams (in Belgium) 

Irving Rosen and Carl Mathers
exchange steel pots for Dutch hats

Four members of the "Personnel Section" in Belgium: 
Carl Mathers, Irving Rosen, Melville Tant, Harold Ricks