Another message from Rachelle, Oklahoma, USA.
As you all know one of our classmates Lory Poteet-Box, was recently diagnosed with Leukemia, and will be soon starting treatment in St Louis, Missouri, to try and beat this disease. Lory contacted me to see if I could help get her daughter, Devon, home from Germany in order to help Lory, Gary and their four younger children. Devon’s husband is active duty Air Force. I have contacted the Red Cross and they do not deem Lory’s condition a life and death emergency, however, that does not mean I have given up there, that only means I have talked to one person and I have my call list for Wednesday, I have a few contacts and trust me I will use them to the best of my ability. I have also talked to couple of people within the Air Force and will be contacting the Family Emergency Group in Germany, to see if they can help get Devon home in that manner. However, if none of these plans follow thru, we all need to help Lory and her family.
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Category : Omaha Beach, Textes en Français
Tags: 1st US Army, 2e Service d'Information, Albert Pipet, André-Jean Lacoste, Arromanches, Belgique, chemin de la Moulière, chemin de la Révolution, Col William F. Strobridge, Colleville-sur-Mer, Cotentin, D-514, Division Historique, Eddy Florentin, Eric Van Coolen, États-Unis d'Amérique, Foxmaster Publishing, France, Garde Nationale Américaine, Gold Beach, Gunter G. Gillot, Hôtel du Casino, Jalhay, Juin 1944, Les Dunes de Varreville, Les Moulins, Louis J. Linet Jr, Michel M. Clemençon, Ministère de la Guerre, Missouri, Mont Fleury, Nebraska, Normandie, Omaha, Omaha Beach, Omaha Beachhead, Pluskat, Pointe de la Percée, Pointe du Hoc, Port en Bessin, Quineville, Route de la Mer, Section Historique, St Marcouf, St-Laurent-sur-Mer, Ste Marie du Mont, Théâtre Européen des Opérations, Utha Beach, Vallée du Ruquet, Vierville sur Mer, Village Vacances Familles
Omaha Beach, est un livre qui a été sélectionné par Günter. G. Gillot Jr, Directeur de la Collection Historique, Editions Foxmaster, Belgique, pour figurer parmi la prestigieuse série de livres publiés à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de la libération de l’Europe.
Titre original : Omaha Beachhead
- First Printed : Department of the Army, Historical Division
US Army, 1945
- Reprinted : The BatteryPress, Inc. Nashville Tennessee; USA, 1984
@ Michel M. Clemençon, 1993
@ Foxmaster Publishing Belgium 1993-2010
Route de la Gileppe 43 -B-4845 Jalhay, 1993-2010
@ Cartes : Cartographic Section, Historical Division, US Army
@ Cartes & Dessins : Louis J. Linet Jr, 1993-2010
@ Iconographie Günter G. Gillot Jr (détail en fin d’ouvrage)
Layout & Setup : Rainbow Studio, Günter G. Gillot Jr 1993
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, 194th Glider Inf Rgt (US), B Company, Capt Don Pay, Chesterfield, Edina, Essen, Father Joseph Hoi, Father Mike Penn, Germany, Kansas City, Kathleen Ann Hill, Kearney, Life Magazin, Madelyn Schuering, Maj Peter Messer, Maj Richard A. Norton, Margaret Bourke-White, Mayme Lockhart O’Brien, Missouri, Nebraska, Patricia Ann Sainz, Thomas D. O'Brien, Thomas Daniel, University of Missouri, Veterinary School, Villa Hugel
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 Comrades. Through a phone call from the Family to Tony Marincola we learned that Dr. Thomas D. O’Brien, B Company, 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, passed away on 13 June 2009. I was able to contact the Family yesterday to obtain the essential information for this message. Following his service in World War II Dr. O’Brien was trained as a Veterinarian, graduating from the University of Missouri Veterinary School in 1951. Following his graduation he opened up the Edina Feed and Livestock Store. Dr. O’Brien had a passion for small animals (cats and dogs) and he never did retire. He joined our Association in 1972 and remained a Member in good standing until our dissolution. The cause of death was complications from Lymphoma and Diabetes at the age of 84. The Obituary and Guest Book information is available at www.hudsonrimerfh.com
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Category : Archive Stories, O. Iverson - 9-TAC
Tags: 2nd Armored Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 414th Signal Company (Avn), A/926 Signal Battalion, Aachen, Aden, Algiers, B-17 Radio, Battle Creek, Belgium, Boise, Bournernouth, British Navy, Brown Street Baptist Church, Buzz Bomb, Cairo, Camp Crowder, Camp Kilo 13, Camp Patrick Henry, Carbon Dioxide capsule, Casablanca, Cosmoline, Criqueville, Dog Red, East-Africa, Egypt, England, Fedala, Fort Snelling, Gibraltar, Gowen Field, Grandcamp, Heliopolis, Helwan, Herb Person, Idaho, International Morse Code, Joplin, Kansas City Belle, LCT, Libya, Liège, Liverpool, M-1903, Mariposa, Massawa, Matson Line Luxury Ship, Michigan, Middlewallop Airbase, Missouri, Neosha, Newport News, Nile River, Ninth Tactical Air Command, North-Africa, Notre Dame Cathedral, Omaha Beach, Oxford, Palais of Justice, Paris, Peace Palace, Point du Hoc, Port Said, Pyramids, Red Sea, Rio de Janeiro, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Salisbury, Salt Lake, Seabees, Signal Section, Spa, Sphinx, Springfield-1903, St Lô, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Tennessee, Trowbridges, United Steel and Wire Company, Utah, Vernon Iverson, Versailles, Verviers, Virginia, Wendover Airbase, Wiltshire County
This is the wartime story of an American GI. In fact, this is the story of a GI like many other GI’ stories. It’s about friendships, cold, winter, rain, snow, mud, blood, war and dead. But this story has something else. It is the story over one of these GIs who were in Verviers and Liège during the period September 1944 to December 1944. This GI, Orville Iverson – Ivy – had built a strong friendships with the Jacquet Family from Verviers. Especially Claude and Ninette.
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Category : 008th Inf Div, US Army - World War 2
Tags: 1st Corps, 28th ID, 3rd Armd Div, 4th ID, 5th Inf Div-UK, 82nd A/B Div, 86th Inf Div, 8th Infantry Division US, 97th Inf Div, Baltic Sea, Binsfeld, Bleckede, Brandenberger Wald, Brest, California, Camp Forrest, Camp Jackson, Camp Kilmer, Camp Young, Carolina Maneuver Area, Crozon Peninsula, Desert Training Maneuvers, Dinard, Düren, Elbe River, England, Erft Canal, Erndetebrück, Eschenbach, Fort Leonard Wood, France, Germany, Gunter G. Gillot Jr, Hampton Roads POE, Hill 80, Huertgen Forest, IX Corps, Kleinhau, Koln, Lenne River, Lessay, Lutzel, Luxembourg, Missouri, Moedrath, New Jersey, New York POE, Obermaubach, Périers, Rennes, Rhine River, Rodenkirchen, Roer River, Ruhr River, Schmidt, Schwerin, Seelbach Barracks, Sieg River, Siegen, South Carolina, St Malo, Stockheim, Tennessee, Tennessee Maneuvers, US Army - World War 2, Utah Beach, Vossenack, Wetter
Activated at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, Jul 1 1940, the 8th D was redesignated there as 8th Infantry Division Jul 31 1941.
It moved then to the Carolina Maneuver Area on Sept 25 1941, participated in both Oct and Nov 1941 Carolina Maneuvers; arrived Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Nov 30 where it was redesignated 8th Motorized Division on Apr 9 1942.
The 8th Motorized Division participated then in 1st Corps Tennessee Maneuvers Oct-Nov 1942 and moved to Camp Forrest Tennessee on Nov 7 1942 then was transfered to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri Nov 29 1942. It moved then to Camp Young California on Mar 20 1943 for IX Corps Desert Training Maneuvers #2 where redesignated 8th Infantry Division on May 15 1943
The 8th ID returned to Camp Forrest Tennessee on Aug 15 1943 then staged at Camp Kilmer New Jersey on Nov 22 1943 until departed New York POE on Dec 5 1943.
The 8th ID arrived in England on Dec 15 1943 and landed in France on Jul 3 1944. It crossed into Luxembourg Nov 20 1944 and into Germany on same day.
The 8th ID was sent to Hampton Roads POE on Jul 10 1945 and moved back to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on Jul 13 1945 where it was inactivated on Nov 20 1945.
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Category : 099th Inf Div, US Army - World War 2
Tags: 393rd Infantry Regiment, 394th Infantry Regiment, 395th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armd Div, 4th Cav Grp, 7th Armd Div, 99th Inf Div, 9th Armd Div, 9th Inf Div, Allersberg, Altmuhr River, Asslar, Aubel, Bamberg, Belgium, Boston POE, Bracht, Camp Maxey, Camp Myles Standish, Camp Van Dorn, Clermont sur Berwinne, Danube River, Dietfurt, Dill River, Donau River, Eining, Elsenborn, Elsenbuchel Forest, England, Erft River, Faymonville, France, Frankfurt, Fuerth, Gemuenden, Giesenhausen, Giessen, Glesch, Grimlinghausen, Hellenthal, Hermannstein, Höfen, Holpoltstein, Honnigen Forest, Inn River, Isar River, Iserlohn, Kinding, Koln, Kurtscheid, Langener, Le Havre, Lenne River, Lundendorff Bridge, Maonschauer Forest, Massachusetts, Meckenheim, Missouri, Monschau, Neurath, Neustadt, Pfaffendorf, Remagen, Rhine, Rocherath, Roer Dam, Roer River, Ruhr Pocket, Saalhausen, Schmidt, Schwarzenau, Siegfried Line, St Jean-Sart, Texas, The Ridge, Third Army Maneuvres, Trossenfurt, Udesheim, Urft Dam, US Army - World War 2, V Corps, Waimes, West Wall, Wetzlar, Wied River, Willroth, Wingeshausen, Wirtzfeld
The 99th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II. It played a strategic role in the Battle of the Bulge when its inexperienced troops held fast on the northern shoulder of the German advance, refusing them access to the vital northern road network that led into Belgium.
The 99th Infantry Division, also named Checkerboard Division or the Battle Babies Division, was activated on Nov 15 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Missouri. On Sep 16 1943, the Division moved for the Third Army #4 Louisiana Maneuvers and two months later, on Nov 19 1943, the 99th Infantry Division moved to Camp Maxey, Texas then staged at Camp Myles Standish Massachusetts from Sep 13 1944 until departed Boston Port of Embarkation for England and arrived there on Oct 10 1944. Finally, the 99th Infantry Division landed in France on November 3 1944. The 99th arrived in Belgium and was involved in the Battle of the Bulge. In February 1945, the 99th started to advance into Germany till the Inn River and Giesenhausen when hostilities were declared ended on May 7 1945.
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