About Michael Godbout

Born in Heidelberg, Germany, to military parents, he grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. with an intense interest in World War II military history. A graduate of George Mason University and a veteran of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, he retired a fire station captain in 2001 after twenty-six years of service. In 1992, he began combing through the Nation Archives, U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, the National Personnel Records Center, and many other military records depositories throughout the country in order to plan a trip for his father back to Normandy for the 50th Anniversary of D-Day in 1994. The trip was to follow the route of the 50th Signal Battalion from England to Germany. Following the trip, the research expanded to cover the years 1940 through 1945, resulting in this book. He plans to spend his retirement time between coastal Maine and coastal North Carolina, where the research will continue.

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