Charles Cassells contacted me because he had seen my various posts and the article about GIs in Brussels, and he had his own research he wanted to share.

I was very excited about this. Charles has been digging into the traces of the US 6th Armored Division. After a very long tour from Normandy, Brittany, through France, the Ardennes, Alsace and Germany, the troops visited Brussels for R&R.

One of the leave centers they visited was the George-Henri Club. This was the Royal Institute for the deaf and blind, very close to where Charles used to live in Brussels. The archivist from the Brothers of Charity confirmed this and were kind to send some photographs. The building on avenue Georges Henri, place de Groof, has not changed a lot, but the Brothers are no longer there.

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