Major General Roderick Allen, from left , commander of the 12th Armored Division, confers with Maj. Gen. Robert Spragins, 44th Infantry Division commander, and Brig Gen. Riley Ennis, commander of the 12th Armored Combat Command A in the Vosges Mountains, France December 1944. Spragins was the father of Pete Spragins.
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Stewart Leonard Van Vliet (July 21, 1815-March 28, 1901), was a U.S. Army officer who fought on the side of the Union during the American Civil War. This was Pete Spragins' great-great grandfather.
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