Operation Cobra: Artillery Battalion and Nazi Plane

operation cobra: He had suffered the devastation of seeing his childhood friend die by a direct-hit air bomb, according to The Guardian. At one point, the California native even helped bring down a Nazi plane. He had been in the US army's 554th anti-aircraft artillery battalion, surviving the allied breakthrough of Operation Cobra and the Battle of the Bulge. But none of that mattered in some parts. They felt betrayed. Frank's sister Isabel, who is also my grandmother, still remembers the dissonance when that autumn they walked past a diner display declaring No Dogs or Mexicans Allowed. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.