Victor Fairon, Jr.
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Title |
Victor Fairon, Jr. |
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Summary |
Victor Fairon, Jr. was a 28-year old resident of Sadzot, Belgium. During the Battle of the Bulge, his house was a shelter for American soldiers on Christmas night in 1944, as were many residences in Sadzot. On December 28, he was in a cellar of another Sadzot house with a fellow Belgian man and an American man when a German grenade was thrown into the cellar. The grenade critically wounded Fairon and injured the American, but the Belgian remained unharmed. Fairon was taken back to his house where he died an hour later. |
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Topic(s) |
Victor Fairon; Battle of Sadzot |
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Additional Information |
http://www.509thgeronimo.org/battlefields/sadzotfaironfamily.htm |
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Creation location |
Belgium |
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Date created |
1935-1944 |
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SETDA Collection |
William B. Breuer Collection |
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References |
Breuer, William B. Bloody Clash at Sadzot: Hitler’s Final Strike for Antwerp. St. Louis, Missouri: Zeus Publishers, 1981. |
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Physical Description |
1 photograph (5.125 x 3.25 in.); black and white |
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Media Type |
Still Image |
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Part of |
Bloody Clash at Sadzot |
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Repository |
William B. Breuer Papers, Cleveland State Community College Archives, Cleveland, Tennessee |
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File name |
007_2011_002.jpg |
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Copyright and Conditions of Use |
http://www.clevelandstatecc.edu/setda/copyright.html |
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