Sacco, Jack

Jack Sacco presents an account of his father Joe's experiences as a young American soldier in General Patton's Third Army during World War II, and discusses how the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp influenced Joe's will to fight, and his later life.

As part of the 92nd Signal Battalion and Patton's famed Third Army, the author found himself at the forefront of the Allied push through France and Germany. He was among the first 250 American troops into the infamous Dachau Concentration Camp.