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Victor Wegard, C1942

Victor Wegard, C1990

• Army Captain, Retired in 1959 after 23 years continuous service
• Served on General George S. Patton's personal staff in North Africa and Sicily (1942-44)
• Was a War Crimes Investigator with War Crimes Investigating Team 6832, Nuremberg, Germany (1945-6)
• His photographs taken in 1945 were used as evidence in the war crimes trials
• Participated in the liberation of the Flossenberg Concentration Camp
• Participated in the apprehension of hundreds of identified and/or suspected war criminals
• Assigned to serve as a member of the defense team for the trial of the Dachau War Criminals in 1945
• Received numerous military awards and decorations from both U.S. and foreign governments