Charlie Pytlak | |
Fictional Character | |
The Man With the Iron Heart POD: May 29, 1942; Relevant POD: May, 1945 | |
Type of Appearance: | Direct POV (one scene) |
Nationality: | United States |
Date of Birth: | 20th century |
Date of Death: | 1945 |
Cause of Death: | Killed by a roadside bomb |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Military Branch: | United States Army (World War II) |
Charlie Pytlak (d. May 8, 1945) was a sergeant in the United States Army.[1] He served in the European Theater of World War II. On May 8, 1945, the day after Germany unconditionally surrendered, Pytlak was on patrol in a town called Lichtenau with PFC Dom Lombardo.[2] After accepting the surrender of a group of German soldiers, and turning them into the Army, Pytlak and Lombardo returned to their patrol.[3] As they passed a derelict vehicle, a bomb planted inside went off. Lombardo was killed instantly, but Pytlak was lived long enough to see how horribly the bomb had destroyed his body.[4]
Pytlak and Lombardo were the first American victims of the German Freedom Front.
References[]
- ↑ The Man With the Iron Heart, pg. 13, HC.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 14-15.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 16-17.
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