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Pfc Albert W. Duffer enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 24 March 1943.
Statement from Art Jacobson, a comrade of Pfc Duffer:
"My memory begins with Albert and I walking behind a tank somewhere near or in Fraiture. The ground sloped with the high ground to our right. As we advanced, I thought that if there was a sniper on the high ground, Albert and I were perfect targets so I moved to the lower side of the tank. As I did I shouted for Albert to join me so we could have the tank between us and the sniper if there was one. He did not join me instead he shouted back, and I quote: "They cannot hit me". These were his last words, it was only a few seconds after he said he was shot in the neck by a sniper. It seemed to raise him about a foot off the ground and he landed on his back. I believe he was gone before he hit the ground. That was a terrible shock for me, I was looking at him when it happened. We had been together from July 1944 when we joined I Company as replacements. Sometime after joining I Company our platoon was ordered to practice shooting the bazooka at a knocked-out tank several hundred feet away and I was the only one that hit it. That is how I became the bazooka man and Albert was assigned to be my assistant. He carried the ammo and loaded it for me and I fired it. We were the only bazooka team I Company ever had."