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*Mayer had suffered a double hernia at
Camp Mackall and was prohibited from jump training. Without
parachutist's wings, he crossed the channel on a boat and landed on
Omaha Beach on D+1. He caught up with the 508th and served as
an infantryman and cook for the next 32 days. Once back in
England, he completed jump training and, now disqualified from cook
status, transferred into the medics. He earned the CMB in
Holland however.. Read
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