Paratrooper kills german soldier and returns wedding photos to his family after 68 years

On October 2nd 1944, Lt Howard Hensleigh, of the 3rd Battalion of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was involved in two successive ambushes, during which he shot and killed a German non commissioned officer. When he searched the killed German's body, Hensleigh found the soldier's wedding photo, some other photos and a diary. He kept the photos in his photo album untill 2012, when the identity of the killed German was discovered. Hensleigh was then able to send the photos back to Germany 68 years after he had shot their original owner.

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The author of this video is always searching for photos and documentation related to the war on the French Riviera (Nice, Cannes, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Grasse, Sospel, etc)
Based on the book "Autopsy of a Battle, the Liberation of the French Riviera". Schiffer publications.
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Casualties of the ambush:
-Private Julius J. Richmond, Regimental HQ Company, 517th PIR
-PFC Jack Whitfield, HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 517th PIR
-Unteroffizier Martin Janostik 6.3.1912, Breslau
-Gefreiter Hans Jantzen 20.9.1924, Siemersdorf
-Herbert Höfig 20.5.1922 Neukirch Hoefig

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