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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: 101st Airborne Division, Addison Road Station, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Air Ministry, Algiers, American Red Cross, Anthony Eden, Anvil, Anzio, Army Group's Bryanston, Associated Press, Aussies, B-17, B-29, Belgians, Berkeley Square, Bovington, Bovington Airport, Britain's West Point, British Military Assistant, British War Cabinet, Bryanston Square, Cairo, Canadians, Capri, Chesterfield Hill, Churchill, Col Ivan Cobbald, Court Calendar, Czechs, Darmouth, Dominion Prime Ministers, Duke of Norfolk, Dutch, Edgeware Road, Edward Stettinius, England, European Theater Ribbon, Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, Free French, Gen Charles Corlett, Gen Charles de Gaulle, Gen Maxwell Taylor, Grosvenor Square, Hackbridge Kennels, Hampton Court, Harvey Gibson, Hays Lodge, House of Lords, Hyde Park, Indians, Ireland, Irish, Italy, Kensington, King of England, LCT, London, LST, Lt Col Jimmy Gault, Luxor, Marrakech, Mayfair, Montgomery, New Zealanders, Newbury, Norfolk House, North-Africa, Norwegians, Overlord, Palestine, Paris, Park West, Piccadilly Circus, Poles, President Roosevelt, Prestwick, Richmond Park, Russian, Ruth Briggs, Salisbury, Sandhurst, Scots, Scots Guards, Sicily, Sir Louis Gregg, Snuffy Nixon, South Americans, Telegraph Cottage, Tenby, Times Square, Tooey Spaatz, Torch, Tunisia, Tunisian Victory Lunch, Welsh, Wes Gallagher, World War I, XIX Corps, Yorkshiremen
Suddenly the plane shot upward, roaring away from the airfield. We all smashed back against our seats. Maybe the wheels won’t come down, someone said in a small voice. Snuffy Nixon, the navigator, stuck his head in the cabin and broke the silence. Don’t worry, folks. I just got mixed up in my figuring and picked the wrong country. Not France ! we cried. No, said Snuffy, it’s not France. But it’s not England, either. He grinned over at me. This is Kay’s home. We almost landed in southern Ireland !
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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: Admiral, Admiral William P. Leahy, Algiers, American Expeditionary Force, Amilcar, Archive Stories, Axel Munthe, Bari, Bay of Naples, Britain, C-54, Caacie, Cairo, Capri, Caruso, Caserta Palace, Chemical Warfare, Chief of Staff, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Clark, Dakar, Distinguished Service Cross, Egypt, Eisenhower, Ellen Ruthmann, Flying Fortress, Gen Carl Tooey Spaatz, Gen Mark W. Clark, Gen Walter Bedell (Beetle) Smith, Harry Hopkins, Italian POWs, Italy, Legion of Merit, London, Maj Gen Leroy H. Watson, Malta, Marrakech, Marshall, Mattie Pinette, Mediterranean, Mike Reilly, Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Nazi Europe, North-Africa, Overlord, Pacific Theater, Palestine, Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister, Prince Urnberto, Red Cross, Rome, Sarah Oliver, Sicily, Signal Corps, Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Winston Churchill, Smith, Spaatz, Sue Sarafin, Telek, Tunis, Washington, Watson, White House
Returning from Cairo to Algiers, I began digging away at the minor mountain of paper accumulated on my desk. Memories of Egypt and Palestine faded completely as I worked late each night to reduce those piles of the General’s fan mail. Like everyone else at headquarters, however, I was still busier on unofficial duties… working overtime on the old rumor that Gen Marshall, not Gen Ike, would head the new American Expeditionary Force building in Britain, and that Ike would go to Washington to become Chief of Staff.
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Category : EUCMH Mails Center
Texte Facebook de Frédéric Devevey, envoyé aux membres de Seconde guerre mondiale – GCM 44.
Objet : Petite précision sur la legislation.
Petite mise au point amicale suite à un mail reçu sur mon profil, on m’a demandé quelle est la législation en matière d’utilisation respectueuse ou pas, d’un détecteur de métaux. Les choses sont en fait claires en France et je répond donc :
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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: Advance CP, AFHQ Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tedder, Algiers, Bethlehem, Bizerte, Bond Street, C-54, Cairo Conference, Cairo-Jerusalem, Chief of Staff, Cleopatra, Egyptian, Egyptian History, Elliott Roosevelt, Fifth Avenue, Garden of Gethsemane, Gen Eisenhower, Gen Marshall, General "Jock" Whitely, Greece, Holy Manger, Holy Sepulcher, Italian Campaign, Italy, Jerusalem, Kansas, Karnak, King David Hotel, King Tutankhamen, Louise Anderson, Luxor, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Maj Emery, Mediterranean, Mena House, Middle East, Moslems, Mount of Calvary, Nile River, North-Africa, Palestine, Parisian, Pharaohs, Rameses II, Rome, Rue de la Paix, Ruth Briggs, Sphinx, Thebes, Turkish, Valley of the Kings
Big Brass gathered for the Cairo Conference were concerned mostly with world-wide strategy. But they also wanted to hear testimony on the war raging right there in the Mediterranean… so Gen Marshall dispatched a special C-54 to bring the star witness. Instead of flying over in lonely pomp, Gen Eisenhower made a characteristic gesture. He invited about a dozen of his lower-rank staff members to go along : There’s no use wasting all the space in this big plane, he explained. Besides, it may be the only chance you’ll ever get to visit the Middle East.
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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: Admiral Ernest J. King, Admiral William P. Leahy, Advance CP, AFHQ, Algiers, Allied Supreme Commander, American Secret Service, Amilcar, Archive Stories, Bay of Tunis, Bizerte, Cairo, Commander-in-Chief, Eisenhower, El Aouina Airstrip, Falla, Gen George C. Marshall, King of England, La Marsa, Mike Reilly, Mr. Harry Hopkins, Oran, President of the United States, Prime Minister, Roosevelt, Ruth Briggs, Tunisia, USS Iowa
General Eisenhower told me about it as we drove down from the villa, where I picked him up every morning, to the hotel headquarters of AFHQ in Algiers : It’s a top level secret, he confided, but I can tell you because you’re in on it. He smiled. In a week or so you’re going to be driving the President of the United States.
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Category : Paid Advertizing
This is an offer to help me getting this website online and this comes from the USA trough my Text Ad Links Service.
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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: 5th Army, 7th Army, 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Admiral Cunningham, Advance Command Post, Air Chief Marshal Tedder, Algiers, American, Amilcar, Anzio, Arkansas, Averell Harriman, Bea Lillie, Beetle Smith, Benito Mussolini, Bernard Law Montgomery, Bizerte, Bob Hope, British, Canada, Cape Bon, Cordell Hull, Darlan Fiasco, Donald Nelson, Drew Pearson, France, Frank Knox, Fredric March, French, French Committee of National Liberation, Gen Brehon Somervell, Gen Giraud, General de Gaulle, Gibraltar, Governor of Algeria, Grand Cordon, Henry L. Stimson, Henry Morgenthau, Hobart (Hap) Gay, Husky, India, Italian, Italy, James Landis, Kasserine Pass, King of Britain, King of Sicily, La Marsa, Lancaster, Legion of Honor, Lisbon, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Maison Blanche, Malta, Margaret Chick, Messina, Montgomery, Nana Rae, Naval Aide, Noel Coward, Overlord, Palermo, Patton, Prime Minister, Red Cross, Ruth Briggs, Secretary of War, Sicily, Sidi Athman, Sue Sarafin, Tooey Spaatz, Torch, Tripoli, Tunisian Campaign, United States, USO, Vivian Leigh, WAC, Washington
The King’s visit was so hush-hush that we drove to Maison Blanche airport just as usual, with only the motorbike escort to clear our way. No special guards were provided. At the field, we moved down to a distant corner and joined the British High Brass, including Admiral Cunningham and Air Chief Marshal Tedder. Butch whispered he would open the door for His Majesty.
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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: 3rd Inf Div, AFHQ, Algiers, Army Air Force, Eisenhower, II US Corps, King of England, Mateur, Mussolini, North-Africa, Oran, Pantelleria, Royal Navy, Sgt Huntll, Sicily, Supreme Commander, Truscott, Tunis, US Navy, West Point
For Me, that strange late Spring was filled with the scent of orange blossoms. I couldn’t smell the ordinary jasmine, the poppy fields; I could neither see nor hear the war being readied against Mussolini. I expected to be married before June melted into the African summer. Dick, now a full colonel, was in Oran with II Corps HQs. Gen Eisenhower not only promised each of us at least several days’ leave after our marriage, already approved by the Army after its usual ninety-day waiting period; he also offered, as a sort of refuge from the war, the use of his little farm outside Algiers. We would have a full-fledged honeymoon in North Africa. Dick arrived in Algiers the last week of May, en route to Gen Truscott’s 3rd Inf Div’ Hqs at Mateur. Ive got a command, at last, he told me. Got what I always wanted, a regiment and actual field duty.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 507th Prcht Ind Regt, Atlanta, Bahamas, Cathy Gault, Civic Organizations, Creighton Hill Phillips, Dianna Dubree Phillips, District, Fort Worth, Georgia, Georgia State University, Imogene Cagle Dubree, IRS, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Louis Coulter Dubree, Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Marietta, Marietta Civitan Club, Marietta Men's Garden Club, Michele Dubree Howell, Minnie Gillentine Dubree, North Carolina, Odell L. Dubree, Olivia Gene Dubree, Raleigh, Savannah, Texas, US Power Squadron-Atlanta Division, US Treasury Department, Veterans Taps, Wilmington
It is with a heavy heart that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. In a message from Cathy Gault we learned that Mr. Odell L. Dubree, 507th Prcht Inf Regt, passed away on 10 October 2009. Through the information provided by Cathy I obtained the essential details for this message.
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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: 9th Infantry Division, Admiral Cunningham, Admiral Darlan, Afrika Korps Prisoners, Allied Commander, Allied Force Headquarters, Arab, Arabian Nights, Archbishop Spellman, Archive Stories, Barney Fawkes, Beetle Smith, Bizerte, Casablanca, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Churchill, Civilian First Class Summersby, Clinique Glydne, Constantine, De Gaulle, Downing Street, Eisenhower, Elspeth Duncan, First Sea Lord, Foreign Office, Free French, French, Gen Arthur Wilson, General Anderson, General Giraud, General Sir Alan Brooke, General Truscott, George C. Marshall, Giraud, Hill 609, Hopkins, Kasserine Pass, London, Lt Dampier, Mac-Millan, Maison Blanche, Mateur, Mountbatten, Murphy, New York, Nogues, One Dozen Roses, Oran, Peg Chase, Peyrouton, Pound, President of Turkey, Red Ball Express, Rita Hayworth, Roll Out the Barrel, Roosevelt, Royal Navy, Sgt Clay Williams, Sidi Athman, Sidi Bou Zid, Sir Alexander Cadogan, Sir Alan Brooke, Sir F. N. Mason-Macfarlane, Spahi, St George Hotel, Supreme Commander, Tebessa, Tedder, Tex Lee, Tommies, Tunis, Vichy, Von Arnim, Yanks
Within twenty-four hours, the war ripped us apart again. Dick waved forlornly, shin-deep in mud, as Ethel, Jean, and I climbed into Gen Eisenhower’s 6-17 dispatched to make certain that we proceed to Allied Force Headquarters without further delay. When the plane pulled itself from Oran’s swampy airfield I could scarcely keep from bawling as Dick gradually diminished to a mere pinpoint near the airstrip far below. His last words still rang in my ears : Im trying to get up to the front, darling.
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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: Algiers, Atlantic, Ethel Westermann, Hedy Lamarr, Jean Dixon, Life Photographer, Margaret (Peg) Bourke-White, Mediterranean, Oran, Peg White, Royal Air Force, Scotland, Straikallen, Tangier, Telegraph Cottage, Tex Lee, Washington
Troopship life evolved into a world without privacy, a world of restless boredom and endless rumor. Fortunately, my two cabin companions were old friends : Ethel Westermann, the dispensary nurse who had been out to Telegraph Cottage for innumerable bridge sessions, and Jean Dixon, a friendly Washington girl whose British husband had been killed in the Royal Air Force. We took turns sleeping on a dirty mattress wedged into the floor beside a double-decker bunk. With three separate sittings for each meal, we spent much of the days inching along the deck in snake-like lines. Even loafing space was rationed. We queued, slept, and strolled; strolled, slept, and queued.
Between times, we joined the gossip-manglers.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: Emily Marie Pastusek Pavlicek, H Company 507th P.I.R., Hereford, Houston, James E Pavlicek, Jim - Emilia Gieptner Pavlicek, Kathy Gault, Kent, Lubbock, Ohio, Praha, Shiner, St Anthony’s Catholic Church, Texas, Texline, Veterans Taps, Wichita Falls
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we belatedly learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Through the Static Line Magazine and assistance from Kathy Gault we learned that Mr. James E Pavlicek, Co H, 507th Prcht Inf Regt, passed away on 4 April 2009. With assistance from several sources I was able to contact the Family to obtain the information for this message.
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Category : 612th-TDB, Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 1st US Army, 2nd Lt Brannon, 612th TDB, 99th Infantry Division (US), Battle of the Bulge, Berlin, Brest Airport, Bronsfeld, Bullingen, Burgbrohl, Camp Elsenborn, Chartres, Chateau, Chateauneuf, Dreiborn, Eupen, France, Germany, Harperschied, Heartbreak Crossroads, Höfen, Koln, Landerneau, Lanzerath, Laval, Le Mans, Liège, Losheim, Lt Penton, M-18 Tank, Malmedy Province, Manderfeld, Monschau Forest, Nidrum, Oder River, Paris, Province of Liège, Remagen, Rennes, Rhine River, Roth, S/Sgt Brannon, Schlieden, Siegfried Line, Soumagne, Sourbrodt, St Quentin, St Vith, Steinbruck, Task Force X, Versailles, Verviers, Vielsalm, Waldorf
We left our assembly area near Landerneau, France at one o’clock on the afternoon of September 27 1944, heading for that Western Front. The first two days were uneventful, as we covered around 300 miles, stopping at dusk by pulling off the main road. We slept beside our vehicles, by the side of the road, wrapped up in our blankets.
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Category : 009th US Inf Div, North-Africa
Tags: 13th FA Brigade, 178th FA Bn, 2-17th FA Bn, 26th FA Bn, 3-47th Inf Regt, 34th FA Bn, 60th FA Bn, 84th FA Bn, 9th Inf Div, Bou Chebka, British 8th Army, Chott El Guettar, El Guettard, Fw 190, Gafsa, Gafsa-Gabes Road, JU-88s, ME-109s
1. GENERAL : Units of the 9th Division Artillery (less the 60th FA Bn which had been detached) moved on 25-26 March to bivouac areas in the vicinity of Gafsa. Unit commanders made map and terrain recon 26 March, but, upon returning to the Artillery CP, which had been established in the palm grove at El Guettar, they were informed that the attack had been postponed 24 hours, and that units would remain in bivouac for the night 26-27 March.
During the day of 27 March, the unit commanders continued recon, and at 1300-H, the 26th FA Bn, followed by the 2-17th FA Bn, moved to the south and east, around Chott El Guettar to a bivouac in wadis south of the Chott. At dusk they occupied the positions that had been previously selected. The 84th FA Bn had been supporting the 1st Inf Div. They remained in their same positions and shifted their support to the 9th Division. The 34th FA Bn left their bivouac at dusk and followed the 3-47th Inf Regt, to positions along the Gafsa – Gabes Road.
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Category : North-Africa
Tags: 1st Infantry Division, 9th Inf Divi, Djebel Berda, Djebel El Kreroua, Djebel Lettouchi, Draa Saada El Hamra, El Ayacha, El Guettar Campaign, Gabes, Hill 290, Hill 361, Hill 369, Hill 772, Terrain Study
1. Purpose and Other Limiting Considerations
- a. This study, prepared primarily to accompany the official report of the tactical operations of the 9th Infantry Division (reinforced) (less detachments) during the engagements southeast of El Guettar, covers the general area south of the El Guettar – Gabes road and between the 25 and 45 north and south grid lines. The map employed is Tunisia 1/100,000, El Ayacha Sheet.
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Category : North-Africa
Tags: El Guettar, Manton S. Eddy
Authority : CG 9th Infantry Division
Date : 27 March 1943 FO #16 MAPS : TUNISIA, 1:200,000
1. a. See overlay
- b. See overlay
2. This Division will attack 280400, with Regts in column, 47th Infantry leading. Objective, direction of attack, boundaries, See overlay.
3. a. 47th Inf will start attack from assembly areas, securing high ground of Y3160 – Y3361 and objective. 39th Infantry follow attack by bounds behind 47th Infantry and will be committed only on Division order.
- b. Field Arty. Support attack
(1) 26th FA Bn and 17th FA (- 1st Bn) direct support of 47th Inf
(2) 84th and 34th FA Bns – general support
(3) One half of Div Arty will be capable of reinforcing the fires of the Arty of the 1st Inf Div
(4) Registration prior to attack from new positions prohibited
(5) Hq & Btry “A” 107th CA Bn (AA) (with Btry B 106th CA Bn (AA) attached) attached to 9th Inf Div Arty
- c. 894th TD Bn under Div control move 271900 to assembly area by route indicated. Mission, Div reserves
- d. 15th Engr Bn
(1) Be prepared to execute any desired demolitions on Div order
(2) Be prepared to detect and remove any mine fields encountered
4. Adm Instructions – See Adm O # 12
5. A. Sig. – See Index 1A-4 SOI
- b. Div C.Po – See overlay.
- c. Axis Sig Com EL GUETTAR – B. ZELLOUDJA
- x. Rad silence for stations moving to new locations until 280400
EDDY
Commanding
OFFICIAL :
SUNDIN G-3
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It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Through a message from Kathy Gault, Secretary 507th PIR Association, we learned that Mr Arthur A Seid, Hq 507th PIR passed away on 21 September 2009. Kathy Gault provided the essential information for this message.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 507th Parachute Infantry, Alliance, Charles J. Nimorwicz, Francis Niemirowicz, Frank Nemara, George Nimorwicz, Julia Irwinska-Niemirowicz, Kathy Gault, Long Beach Island, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York City, North Carolina, Pamela Siewers, Parker Ridge CNA Education Fund, Ralph Siewers, Sedgwick, Southport, SR Co 507th PIR, Stanley Niemirowicz, Veterans Taps
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we belatedly learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Through a message from Kathy Gault, Secretary 507th PIR Association, we learned that Mr Charles J. Nimorwicz, SR Co, 507th PIR passed away on 9 June 2009.
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Category : North-Africa
Tags: 10. Panzerdivision, 15. Panzerdivision, 18th Army Group, 1st Armored Division (US), 1st Infantry Division, 21. Panzerdivision, 2nd Corps (US), 34th Infantry Division, 60th Combat Team, 9th British Corps, 9th Infantry Division, Abiod, Akarit, Bizerte, Bou Chebka, British 46th Division, British 8th Army, Derbyshire Yeomanry, Djebel Ben Krier, Djebel Berda, Djebel Chemsi, Djebel El Kreroua, Djebel Lettouchi, Djebel Tebaga Fatnassa, Draa Saade, El Guettar, El Hamra, El Kreroua, Faid, Faid Pass, Fondouk, Gabes, Gafsa, Gen George, Gen Manton, Graves Registration, Hill 290, Hill 369, Hill 772, Maj Gen Manton S. Eddy, Maknassy, Mareth, Northern Tunisia, Oued El Beida, Sbeitla, Sbiba, Sfax, Sicily, Southern Tunisia, Thelepte, V British Corps
October 5 1943
SUBJECT : Reports on Operations, 9th Infantry Division, Southern Tunisia, Northern Tunisia and Sicily.
TO : Commandant, Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Me voilà – une fois de plus – confronté au dilemme de poster des messages ou même de grands textes en français sur le site. Personnellement je trouve que c’est une tâche assez difficile puisque je suis perpétuellement plongé dans des archives en anglais ou en allemands. Comme, de plus, je n’ai ni appris l’anglais ni l’allemand ni même, à la limite, le français en tout cas de manière assidue, quand je tape du texte en français je suis complétement perdu et les trois-quarts du temps il me faut des heures pour accoucher d’un texte plus ou moins correct.
Je suis entré en contact, récemment et via facebook, avec une gente dame de Normandie qui m’a proposé de participer activement à la traduction de certaines archives. Sans toutefois succomber sous ses charmes évidents, j’ai pris la peine de réfléchir à la question et suis arrivé à la conclusion que finalement l’idée n’est pas mauvaise du tout sachant oh combien nos amis français ont des difficultés avec l’Anglais.
Judicieux mélange entre Soeur Thérèse point com et Soeur Marie des Angoissés, la petite fleur normande dont je vous parle répond au doux prénom de Véronique ce qui aura le mérite de permettre à ses amis de la saluer en passant sur le site.
Mais trêve de plaisanteries, je lui cède la parole :
Je suis très heureuse d’apporter ma modeste contribution à la rédaction en français de textes d’archives historiques, pour en faire bénéficier le plus grand nombre, et ainsi contribuer à leur quête d’informations sur les événements de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Je tiens à signaler que je n’ai pas la science infuse et que je reste ouverte à toutes remarques et observations de votre part. Ainsi j’aurais plaisir à converser et à échanger sur différents sujets, ainsi que prendre en compte vos suggestions qui seront bénéfiques pour que ce site continue à grandir et prospérer.
Cordialement à tous, Véro (émail ici)
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Category : Army Air Forces, XIX TAC
During August the groups under operational control of this Command flew a total of 12292 fighter-bomber sorties. One 114 aircraft were lost, but many of the pilots bailed out safely over friendly territory or found their way back through enemy lines. Our pilots claimed 163 enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat and 66 on the ground.
Complete claims follow :
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 155th Abn AA, Ano, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, B.S in Agriculture, Battle of the Bulge, Berea College, Btry C, Chattanooga, Chattanooga Funeral Home-East Chapel, Chattanooga National Cemetery, D-Day Operation, Delegate of the Synod, District Manager, Doris Leach, Dr. Gary Carver, East Ridge, Emily Caroline VanSant, Eugene "Gene" W. Howard, European Theater, First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, George Hudicka, Harlan, Harlan City Schools, Irene Holbrook, Kentucky, Kiwanis, Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Lawrence Hulbert Howard, Mary McKenzie, Master Gardener, Muriel Howard, Normandy, Northern Europe, Ola Dean Wright, Operation Varsity, Presbyterian Church, Rhineland, Transylvania Presbytery, Trustee, University of Kentucky Extension Service, Utah Beach
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Through a message from George Hudicka we learned that Mr. Eugene “Gene” W. Howard, Btry C, 155th Abn AA, passed away on 27 September 2009.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 38th Inf Regt, 507th PIR Association, Airborne Department, Alexis Smith, Amanda McDaniel, Bachelor of Science, Baton Rouge, Brandon McDaniel, Bronze Star - Oak Leaf Clusters, Bulverde, Caracas, Caribbean Defense Command, Chief Instructor, CO 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, CO 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Combat Infantryman Badge, Corey Mayeux, D-Day, Department of Health, Doug Griffin, Dr. Tannetje` Crocker, Edwin & Jennie Lewis Smith, France, French Croix de Guerre, French Legion d'Honneur, Fresville, Ft. Benning, Ft. Bragg, Ft. Campbell, Ft. Sheridan, Garrett Griffin, Germany, Gordon K Smith, Haley McDaniel, Hq 507th PIR, Human Resources, Illinois, Jessica Mayeux, Jilray & Dominique Launay, Kade Kienzle, Kathy Gault, Keller, Kimberleigh Gratehouse, Korea, Kristopher Kienzle, La Fière, Lindsey Gratehouse, Louisiana, LSU, LTC US Army (Ret), Lukenwald, Margo & Larry Shallcross, Mark & Susie Gazaway Smith, Martha Griffin, Martha LeBleu Smith, Masonic Service, Master Parachutist Badge, Nicole Shallcross, Normandy, Oflag 64 POW Camp, Panama, Payton Gratehouse, Platoon Leader 501st Parachute Battalion, Poland, POW, Purple Heart, Resthaven Gardens of Memory, ROTC, Ryan Griffin, San Antonio, Sandra Rodgers, Shane Crocker, Shellie Kienzle, Spring Branch, Stalag 3, Taylor Smith, Texas, Trenton McDaniel, University of Wisconsin, Venezuelan Parachute Battalion, Waukesha, Wisconsin, XO 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, XO 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. In a message from Kathy Gault, 507th PIR Association we learned that Gordon K Smith, LTC US Army (Ret), Hq 507th PIR, passed away on 21 September 2009. With assistance from the family members I was able to obtain the essential information for this message.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 30th Infantry Division (US), 507th PIR, 507th PIR Association, American Legion Post 466, Argo-Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, Champaign, Co's C E & F, D-Day, David (Yon) Parks, Denver, Donald (Mary Lou) Parks, Eureka, Eureka Christian Church, Fort Wayne, Greenfield, Ilene Gasser, John Parks, Kathy Gault, Korean War, Leanne Parks, Loan Officer, Lorene Bonnell, Maple Lawn Health Center, Masonic Lodge, Mildred Nichols Parks, North Oakwood Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Production Credited Association, Purple Heart, Rev. Doug Hicks, Robert Parks, Spokane, Springfield, Thelma Gasser, United States Army, Washington
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Through a message from Kathy Gault, 507th PIR Association we learned that Mr. Robert Parks, Co’s C, E & F, 507th PIR, passed away on 18 September 2009. With assistance from the Funeral Home I was able to contact his Son, Mr. David Parks to obtain the details for this message.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 507th Parachute Infantry, Bagdad, Boston, Boston Red Sox, Burdett College, England, First National Bank, Hopkinton, Jeff Balentine, Kathy Gault, Peter Turlo, Shrivenham University, State Street Bank, Static Line Magazine, Yarmouth
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we belatedly learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Through the Static Line Magazine and Kathy Gault, 507th PIR Association we learned that Mr. Alexander F Turlo, Co G, 507th PIR, passed away on 21 January 2009. Kathy Gault provided me with the essential information for this message.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division (US), Alexandra Tye, Anna Barborak, Basic Training, Bonnie Hostetter, Camp Mackall, CG-4A Glider, Charles Tarnovich, Co B, Crucible Steel Mill, David Tarnovich, Delaware, East Liverpool, England, Father James Atkins, Helen Musiolowski, John Tarnovich, Louis H. Tarnovich, Louis Tarnovich Sr, Margaret Tarnovich, Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes, Mary Kay Sampson, Mary Rujak, Michael Tarnovich Sr, Midland, Nancy Woodling, New Waterford, Nick R. Tarnovich, North Carolina, Ohio, Operation Varsity, Shirley M. Zimmerman-Tarnovich, St Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church, Stratton, Tennessee Maneuvers, Toronto American Legion, Toronto Union Cemetery, Wellsville, Wellsville Chapel, William Tarnovich
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we belatedly learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Late yesterday, 17 September, 2009, I received a phone call from Mrs Bonnie Hostetter with the sad news that her Father, Mr. Nick R. Tarnovich, Co B, 194th GIR passed away on 2 Aug 2009. She provided me the essential information for this message.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Annette Griffith, Audrey Goldenthal, Eagleville, Ernest Ricci, Frances Greene-McKinney, Frank R McKinney, Fred Griffith, Horace McKinney, I Company, Jennifer Zabetakis, Kelly Hansen, Kimberly Noonan, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michelle Koss, Sandra Ricci
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we belatedly learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Through the Static Line Magazine we learned that Mr. Frank R McKinney, I Company, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, passed away on 31 May 2009. With assistance from the Funeral Home and the Hartford Courant Newspaper I was able to contact Mrs. Audrey McKinney, his Widow, to obtain the details for this message.
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