Man served 28 days before being wounded
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Keith Des Ermia of Englewood was 20 when this picture of him was taken in front of the family Chevy after World War II. He had returned from 28 days on the front line with Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army, and recovered from his war wounds.
SUN PHOTO BY DON MOORE
Des Ermia, 86, holds a piece of shrapnel taken out of his neck from an exploding German 88 shell. He was wounded after 28 days on the line with Gen. Patton's 3rd Army in Europe.
Pfc. Keith Des Ermia fought as a replacement soldier in Gen. George Patton’s 3rd Army in Europe during World War II for only 28 days before he was severely wounded by shrapnel from a German 88 mm flak gun. He spent the next eight months recovering from his war wounds in hospitals in England and the United States.
The 20-year-old rifleman, now an Englewood resident, served in B Company, 302 Infantry Regiment, 94th Division of the 3rd Army.
