Capture and Escape of Clifford Riley, A Company, 645th Tank Destroyer Bn

In the September 1944 History of the 645th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
I found an account by Clifford E. Riley, A Company, of his capture
and escape from the Germans.

Written in the first-person, the report is a dramatic and literate
chronicle of his experiences.

http://www.arktikhosting.com/pdf/645th_History_September_1944_Riley_Report.pdf

He was part of a crew of an M-3 and was captured at
La Valbonne, France, on 31 August 1944:

camp de la valbonne, france - Google Maps

The four page pdf is about three megabytes. I tried to upload it
three times but each time was unsuccessful.

If anyone desires a copy, just let me know.


Dave

 

I'd love to read to it. Is it possible to simply cut-n-paste the text into a Word document and save it as a .txt file and try to attach the smaller .txt file? Is there any reason it needs to be a .pdf, such as images?

Thanks,
S6

 

It is a pdf because it is a scan of a copy of the original document
at the NARA.


Dave

 

Gotcha, well it sure sounds like a great read. If you'd like to email it to me, I would be happy to host the file on my server for other forum members to download.

If you wish to email it: abdujap at gmail.com

Cheers,
S6

 

That is a good plan.

It is on the way.


Dave

 

Thanks! Got it and have uploaded it to my server. I emailed you the link you will want to add to your post.

Thanks again for sharing this,
S6

 

Many thanks to Zak for hosting the report on his server.


Dave

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Thanks Dave. I never tire of reading first hand accounts from WWII and that was definitely a fine read.

Cheers
Zak

 

I would really like to thank you for finding this. I am 99.9% sure that this is my grandfather. He died when i was very young and have very few memories of him. This really means alot to me to have a copy of this.

Thank you
Billy Riley

Edit:
I'm having trouble with the download can someone email it to me? billy.riley77@gmail.com

 

I have emailed the Riley report to you, Billy.


Dave

 

thanks so much for the post, I was able to print it,
I salute you sir

 

You are very welcome.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/45thinfantry/


Dave