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Norton Fighting With 90th Division. P.F.C. Vincent G. Norton is now fighting in France with the famous 90th Division, one of the first divisions to land in the invasion of the continent. His regiment, commanded by Col. Christian H. Clarke Jr., and his division, have received much praise for magnificent contributions to the battle of France. The 90th Division gained its fame in combat among the hedgerows of Normandy in the early days of the invasion and later the famous battle of Foret de Mont Castre. The same outfit figured in the capture of the important city of Le Mans and was instrumental in the closing of the bloody Falaise Gap and the resulting capture of of several thousand German prisoners. P.F.C. Norton joined the Division July 3, 1944, and has participated in some of this Division's many big battles across France. This soldier is a crack rifleman in a rifle squad of the well known K. Co. Kraut Killers, and wears the combat infantrymans badge awarded only to combat infantryman fighters.

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Vincent Gerard Norton (1923-2005) was wounded in action on July 6, 1944 during the Invasion of Normandy. He was wounded in action a second time in Metz, Germany on October 18, 1944.

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• Vincent Gerard Norton (1923-2005)
• Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968)
• Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920-2011)
• Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949)

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