MY BOY SCOUT LEADER Fred Orndorf served with the 45th Infantry Division from Sicily to Dachau to Munich. On one Scout trip in the 1960s, he talked about Dachau. Just as described in Joseph Connor’s December article [“Trigger Point”], Fred told us of the 45th’s approach to the concentration camp along the railroad tracks, their discovery of the death train, and the devastating effect it had on all the men. He also mentioned a terrible stench he would never forget. What impressed me the most was what he said next: “Until we reached Dachau, we did not know why we were fighting
