Assigned to G Company, 2d Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment as a sophomore in college. Dean Joy served with the U.S. Army from 1943 through the end of the war. SIXTY DAYS IN COMBAT is a day-by-day account of life as a combat infantryman in Patton’s 3rd U.S. Army from March 6 - May 8, 1945, as his regiment fought the German forces in France, Germany, and Austria. From treacherous 30 mile night hikes loaded down with ammunition and supplies to guarding German POWs, SIXTY DAYS IN COMBAT describes the daily struggles and triumphs of an American infantryman in World War II.