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Sergeant Philip J. Fink's Journey to Freedom

By Jerri Donohue - April 15, 2008

Follow Fink's journey from a medieval Norman farmhouse to the nightlife of occupied Paris and his final trek by foot over the Pyrenees Mountains to freedom.

The full content is available in the Spring 2008 Issue.

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