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  • In WWII, alumna found herself behind enemy lines

    Feb 8, 2017 9:00 am by Eric Todd WilsonAlumni
    As a Red Cross Clubmobile operator, Knappenberger was initially stationed at Glatton Airfield in England. She's shown distributing coffee

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    • As a Red Cross Clubmobile operator, Knappenberger was initially stationed at Glatton Airfield in England. She's shown distributing coffee

    Jill Pitts Knappenberger drove a modified Red Cross bus that delivered coffee, doughnuts and goodwill to Allied troops - until she found herself surrounded by German soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge