SOMERSET — It's a treasure map to the Holt family. And Peter Holt, along with his daughter Kayleigh, are bringing it to life.
A couple of months back, Bob Holt, Peter's brother, was rummaging through his late father's World War II keepsakes. Much of the stuff was familiar to him. But one item, never before noticed, blew the brothers' minds.
It was a hand-drawn map/timeline, fashioned long ago by Army Cpl. Roy Holt, showing 39 landmarks from his tour of duty in the WWII's European Theater. The map references six countries on his military timeline, seven if you count his departure from New York City.
A heavy machine gunner with the famed First Division's 18th Battalion, Holt, a lifelong Fall River resident, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, as well as several other famous and bloody battles. Both he and his brother Kenny were wounded during the Battle of the Bulge and received Purple Hearts.
