1945, the german troops had withdrawn, less than 5 months later the war in europe ended with the nazid surrendered on may 7. your tb grandfather was known to carry a prayer book that you have in your pocket. i to have this interesting prayer book, it says a prayer book for soldiers and sailors signed by my grandfather, 1942. gs patton, a number of pages marked. and i did find one that i thought was apt. he marked it with three hash marks, whatever that means. it says, it sayhe hymn, ststand up for jesus