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Sergeant Guarnere needed to use the latrine. He grabbed a jacket and strolled over to the facility. Sitting down, he put his hand in a pocked and pulled out a letter. It was addressed to Sergeant Martin – Guarnere had taken Martin’s jacket by mistake – but Guarnere read it anyway.

Martin’s wife was the author; they had been married in Georgia in 1942, and Mrs. Martin knew most of the members of the company. She wrote, “Don’t tell Bill [Guarnere], but his brother was killed in Cas[s]ino, Italy.”

”You can’t imagine the anger I felt,” Guarnere said later. “I swore that when I got to Normandy, there ain’t no German going to be alive. I was like a maniac. When they sent me into France, they turned a killer loose, a wild man.”


Source:

Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Look Out, Hitler! Here We Come!.” Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 62, 63. Print.


Further Reading:

William J. Guarnere

[Staff Sergeant John Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_(soldier)

>[Sergeant Guarnere](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Bill_guarnere_506e.jpg) needed to use the latrine. He grabbed a jacket and strolled over to the facility. Sitting down, he put his hand in a pocked and pulled out a letter. It was addressed to Sergeant Martin – Guarnere had taken Martin’s jacket by mistake – but Guarnere read it anyway. >Martin’s wife was the author; they had been married in Georgia in 1942, and Mrs. Martin knew most of the members of the company. She wrote, “Don’t tell Bill [Guarnere], but his brother was killed in Cas[s]ino, Italy.” >”You can’t imagine the *anger* I felt,” Guarnere said later. “I swore that when I got to Normandy, there ain’t no German going to be alive. I was like a maniac. When they sent me into France, they turned a killer loose, a wild man.” ___________________________ **Source:** Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Look Out, Hitler! Here We Come!.” *Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest*. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 62, 63. Print. ___________________________ **Further Reading:** [William J. Guarnere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Guarnere) [Staff Sergeant John Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_(soldier)

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