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Request for Identication - Crashed Plane 1945 I need the following answers : (Body) German or British ? (Plane) German or British ? I have studied the photos for more than an hour and I am still wondering because the Cockpit looks like an AAF P-38's...
Marty & Cindy : Unpublished Photos 17th A/B 1945 Another Wartime photos set and like the one before it's a really good one. Joe Summers Pontoon bridge over the Rhine River. Note signs : (left) seems to be a "one way - Red Ball Express",...
Marty & Cindy : Unpublished Photos 17th A/B 1945 And here is the next set Wartime photos of the 17th Airborne Division. My Dad took a photo of the same concrete bunker from a distance. It had a Russian star on top of it when he took the photo....
Marty & Cindy : Unpublished Photos 17th A/B 1945 Well, these new photos are fields photos and request from me some researches. This is exactly what I like to do, so it will take a little more time as usual to be posted. And once again thanks to Cindy...
Marty & Cindy : Unpublished Photos 17th A/B 1945 Bombed out bridge along the Rhine River with a pontoon bridge in the background. This was taken near Duisburg, Germany or near the Krupps plant that the 17th guarded after the war ended. Kenny Cavanah...
Sep
21
2009
Category : Army Air Forces, XIX TAC
12.000 Fighter and Bomber Sorties, XIX Tactical Air Command’s First Month of Operations in Support of the US Third Army in France.
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Sep
03
2009
On Dec 1 1944, Hqs & Hqs Co was located in Waimes, Belgium. On Dec 11, the company marched to Venwegen, Germany a distance of 39-M.
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Jul
23
2009
Category : 588th Field Arty Bn, 588th Fld Arty Bn, France (North), Germany
This copy of the History of the 558th FA Battalion was reproduced by the Military Department, State of Colorado. It was copied from the original history as prepared by Lt Gilbert Hahn upon request of the Historical Section of the Artillery School. Their request was predicated on the basis that the original cadre came from a Colorado unit – the 983rd Field Artillery Battalion. It would be amiss if we failed to mention the great contribution by the State of Utah from whence came the bulk of the fine young men that filled the ranks. The States of Tennessee, Washington, Oregon and California each sent sizeable contingents; however, most States were represented by one or two.
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Apr
23
2009
FEBRUARY 1945
Original Unit
Designation : 505th Engineer Light Ponton Company
Date of Organization : May 15 1942
Place of Organization : Camp Gordon, Georgia
Authority of Organization : General Order #15, Hq. Eastern Defense Command and First Army, dated May 15 1942
Sources from which original personnel were obtained : Third Reinforcement Depot.
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Mar
02
2009
If the Krauts crack the defenses in the North Shoulder, they won’t surround the 101/AB Division in Bastogne, but the entire 1st Army in Belgium.
Feb
15
2009
The 5th Armored Division was activated at Fort Knox Kentucky Oct 1 1941 and was moved on Feb 16 1942 to Camp Cooke in California. On Aug 14 1942, it participated in the Desert Training Center Armored Corps California Maneuvers and returned to Camp Cooke Nov 19 1942. On Mar 17 1942, the Division moved to the 2nd Army #1 Tennessee Maneuvers and arrived at Pine Camp New York Jun 24 1943. It moved then to Indian town Gap Mil Res Pennsylvania Dec 8 1943; staged at Camp Kilmer New Jersey during Feb 1944 until departed New York POE on Feb 11 1944 and arrived in England on Feb 24 1944. The 5th Armored Division landed in France Jul 25 1944, crossed into Luxembourg Sep 2 1944 and into Belgium Oct 5 1944. The Division, finally, entered Germany Dec 1 1944, returned to Belgium Dec 24, to Holland Feb 5 1945 and re-entered Germany Feb 25 1945. Sent back to USA, the 5th Armored landed in New York Oct 10 1945 and was inactivated at Camp Kilmer New Jersey Oct 11 1945.
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Feb
07
2009
The 101st Airborne Division was activated on Aug 15 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and was transferred to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept 29 1942.
On Jun 7 1943 the division was moved to Springfield, Tennessee, for the Second Army #1 Maneuvers then returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Jul 20 1943. Moving for oversea duties, the 101st moved to the New York POE Aug 31 1943, departed Sept 5 1943 and arrived Sept 15 in England. The 101st A/B air-assaulted Normandy, France, on Jun 6 1944 and was sent back to England Jul 13. On Sept 17 1944, the 101st air-assaulted the Nijmegen – Arnhem area in Holland during Operation Market Garden. After Holland, the 101st moved back to France on Nov 28 and crossed into Belgium on Dec 18 1944 for the Battle of the Bulge. The division entered Germany on Apr 4 1945 and was inactivated in France on Nov 30 1945.
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