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Category : 082nd Airborne Division
Tags: 1st Sgt Leonard Funk, 504th PIR, 505th PIR, 507th PIR, 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division (US), 82nd Infantry Division, Alsace, Ardennes, Argonne, Belgium, Brig Gen James Erwin, Brig Gen William P. Burnham, British Isles, Camp Claiborne, Camp Gordon, Casablanca, Central Europe, Chatel-Chehery, Cpl Alvin C. York, Foggia, Fort Bragg, France, Gela, Gen George S. Patton, Georgia, Holland, Holzheim, Italy, Jr, La Fière, Lorraine, Louisiana, Lt Col Emory Pike, Maj Gen Eben Swift, Maj Gen George B. Duncan, Maj Gen James M. Gavin, Maj Gen Matthew B. Ridgeway, Maj Gen Omar N. Bradley, Medal of Honor, Merderet River, Meuse, Naples, Nijmegen, Normandy, North-Africa, Northwest Africa, Oosterhout, Pfc Charles N. Deglopper, Pvt John R. Towle, Rhineland, Salerno, Sicily, St Mihiel, Vandieras
Put on your boots, boots, boots
And parachute-chute-chutes
We’re going up, up, up
And coming down, down, down
We’re All American and proud to be
For we’re the soldiers of liberty
Some ride their gliders to the enemy
Others are sky paratroopers
We’re All American and fight we will
‘Til all the guns of the foe are still
Airborne from skies of blue
We’re coming through, let’s go
Put on your boots, your parachutes
Get all those gliders ready to attack today
For we’ll be gone into the dawn
To fight them all the 82nd way
AMERICA’S GUARD OF HONOR
Where is the prince who can afford to cover his country with troops for its defense as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not, in many places, do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought to repel them ?
Benjamin Franklin, 1784
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The following archives is a set of paper sheets I have also on a disk. As I saw that they can be read presented in a JPG format I think it’s better to have them online instead keeping them hided.
Those papers are Planing Overlord Related.
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Archives Document related to Overlord May 28 1944 British Assault Area and the Naval Operations for Normandy.
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Category : Archive Stories, Kay Summersby
Tags: AFHQ, Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory, Anvil, Arnold, Bangor, Beaches, Bradley, Buzz Bomb, C-47, Capt Larry Hansen, Cherbourg, Chief of Staff, Combined Chiefs of Staff, D-Day, Deputy Theater Commander, Empire State Building, Florida, Fort Benning, Gen "Jumbo" Wilson, Gen de Gaulle, General John G. H. Lee, H-Hour, Hungary, Iceland, Invasion, King, King George VI, Leningrad, London, Lt John S. D. Eisenhower, Manhattan, Marshall, Mattie Pinette, Mediterranean Forces, Montgomery, Nazi Europe, New York State, Normandy, North Atlantic, North-Africa, Portsmouth, Potomac, President Roosevelt, Prestwick, Prime Minister, Ramsay, Sgt Farr, SHAEF, Southern France, Southwick CP, Stalin, Supreme Commander, Telegraph Cottage, Tex Lee, Trieste, Virginia, War Room, Washington, West Point, Winston Churchill
The rest of that day is history. Personally, I spent it praying for the invaders … and, like the rest of his official family, aching with sympathy for our apprehensive Boss.
Gen Eisenhower stood the appalling strain for another day. Then, in the early morning of June 7 it was 0720-H, just twenty-six hours after H-Hour he left for Normandy’s beaches. I fled to the lonely comfort of our trailer-headquarters. Working on the General’s “fan mail” never seemed so difficult, so unimportant; but it helped smother worries.
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Another nice set of pictures from World War Two : some images done in Colleville sur Mer, Normandy, France during the month of June 1944.
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Nice little set of photos done just after the Invasion and probably during the month of June or July 1944 in Bricquebec, France, Normandy.
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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 : EUCMH Mails Center
Tags: 26th Infantry Division, 372nd Fall Field Tour of Duty, 372nd FFTD Reception, Air France, American Airlines, Amiens, Arromanches Harbor, Artillery Company of London, Artillery Company of Massachusetts, Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, Boston, British Commonwealth Cemetery, Brussels, Caen, Café d’Ergmont, Capital of Europe, Charles III, Count of Anjou, Deauville, Duke William, En Plein Ciel, Eurne Rive, France, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Grand Place, Invasion of Normandy, Jeanne d'Arc, Julius Caesar, Kaundorf Memorial, King Henry I, Les 3 Brasseurs, Liberty Way, Little Sablon Square, Logan Airport, Lugdunensis, Luxembourg, Maison du Boeuf, Maj Michael W. Downing, NATO, NATO Headquarters, Norman Conquest, Normandy, Normandy American Cemetery, Novotel Bayeux, Omaha Beach, Orne River, Paris, Pointe du Hoc, Rouen, Royal Barrière, Royal Hotel Luxembourg, Salon Baudouin, Salon La Baule, Seine River, St Mère Eglise, The Hilton Brussels, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, United States, William the Conqueror
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
372nd Fall Field Tour of Duty Normandy-France, Brussels-Belgium
October 01 to October 12, 2009
Maj Michael W. Downing, Captain Commanding, 2009-2010
A Message From the Captain :
Fellow Ancients and Guests,
Welcome to this year’s 372nd Fall Field Day Tour of Duty. I hope you enjoy this experience as much as my staff and I had putting this trip together.
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Category : Army Air Forces, XIX TAC
Tags: 100th Wing, 10th Recon Group, 11. Panzerdivision, 1st Army, 28th Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Division, 2nd French Armd Division, 2nd Tactical Air Force, 303rd Wing, 354th Group, 355th Fighter Group, 357th Fighter Squadron, 358th Group, 362nd Group, 363rd Group, 36th group, 373rd Group, 406th Group, 4th Armored Division, 5th Armored Division (US), 67th Recon Group, 67th Reconnaissance Group, 6th Armored Division, 6th TAC Groups, 79th Infantry Division, 7th Armd Div, 7th Army (US), 80th Infantry Division, 83rd Infantry Division (US), 8th Infantry Division US, 90th Infantry Division, 9th Army US, Advanced Headquarters, Air Corps Tables, Air Liaison Officers, Air Service Command, Air Support Party, Aldermaston Court, Alençon, Alps, Amiens, Angers, Anoxia, Argentan, Argonne Forest, Armored Division, Avranches, B-26 Bomber, Bar-le-Duc, Beauchamps, Beauvais, Bonnetable, Brest, Bretigny, Brig Gen C. P. Wetland, Brittany, Brittany Blitz, Caen, Canadian 1st Army, Canadians, Carbon Dioxide, CCA-4AD, CCB-2-AD, Chalons, Chartres, Chateau Thierry, Chateaudun, Cherbourg, Col James Ferguson, Col Morton David Magoffin, Combat Command, Commercy, Compiègne, Corbeil, Cotentin Peninsula, Coutances, Creil, Cricqueville, Dieppe, Dinan, Dreux, Epernay, ES-293, Etampes, Eure River, Falaise, FFI, Fighter Wings, Fontaineblau, Foret de Machenoir, Fougères, France, French Forces of the Interior, Gassicourt, Gen Ernest's Task Force, General Purpose Bomb, Granville, Grassicourt, Hessian Waterproof, Ile de Cezembre, IX Air Defense Command, IX Bomber Command, IX Fighter Command, IX Fighter Commandy, Joigny, Jugon, Lamballe, Laon, Laval, Le Mans, Le Rotrou, Lessay, Lisieux, Loire River, Lorient, Lt Edward J. Moroney, Lt Gen George S. Patton Jr, Lt William S. "Tiger" Lyons, M-109, Maj James G. Martin, Mantes, Marne River, Maux, ME-262, Meaux, Melun, Meuse River, Milly, Mondesir, Montargis, Mordelle, Moret, Morlaix, Mortain, Murphy, Mustangs, Nantes, Néhou, Neufchateau, Ninth Air Force, Nivilliers, Nogent, Normandy, Operation Cobra, Orleans, Orléans Gap, P-47 Airplanes, P-51, Paimpol Peninsula, Paris, Périers, Pithiviers, Poles, Pontauboult, Rambouillet Forest, Reading, Reims-Champagne Airfield, Rennes, Rhône River, Romilly sur Seine, Russians, Sedan, Seine River, Sens, Sezanne, Soissons, Spitfires, St Calais, St Dizier, St Hilaire, St Lô, St Malo, St-James, Tables of Organization, Tactical Air Command, Tactical Control Group, Toulon, Troyes, Trun, Typhoons, US Third Army, Verdun, Vernon, Versailles, VIII Corps, Villaroche, Villeneuve, Vitry le François, XII Corps, XIX Tactical Air Command, XV Corps, XX Corps, Yonne River, Yugoslavs
12.000 Fighter and Bomber Sorties, XIX Tactical Air Command’s First Month of Operations in Support of the US Third Army in France.
Content
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
- Notes on Organization, Tactics, and Technique
- Missions of the XIX Tactical Air Command
- The Background, In Brief
- Air Operations Day by Day
- Five Accompanying Maps
- Recapitulation
- Annex : Map Showing Location of Units
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, 507th Prcht Inf Regt, 82nd Airborne Division (US), 82nd Airborne Memorial, Amfreville, Architecture, Atlanta, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, D-Day, Elbert Hugh Summer, Fort Benning, France, Georgia, Hq Company 1st Bn, John H Summer, Murrayville, Newberry, Normandy, Pittypat's Porch, Ritz/Carlton Downtown, South Carolina, Static Line Magazine, Summer and Associates, Summer/Wise & Associates, Vera Lucille Summer, WAGA-TV, World War II
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. John H Summer, Hq Company 1st Bn, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, passed away on 26 April 2009. With the assistance of Mr Summer’s Architecture Firm I was able to contact Mrs Susan Ory, his Daughter, to obtain the information for this message.
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Thanks to David Harrawood who sended me this article.
We’re hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services.
I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell “Shifty” Powers.
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Another Internet webpage that could be really interesting for those who wants to spend time over here.
Do you want to find out more about the history of Omaha-Beach and my grandfather who served there on D-Day ? The following web site is for interested soldiers, researchers and all people interested into military history. If you always had the desire to visit the Normandy battlefields and to see the hidden secrets of D-Day then contact me.
You will also find information about my other interesting battlefield tours, to both the First and Second World War battlefields and the grounds of the 1870/71 Franco/Prussian war.
Here is the link : www.omaha-beach.org
A really nice movie done beside the celebrations of the landing (D-Day) in Normandy, France during the month of June 2009.
This movie is really well done and it is always a great feeling to see these old men again.
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Here is another set of World War Two Pictures related to France and to period June-July 1944.
Cherbourg and Colleville / Mer
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Here is another set of photos from Normandy 1944. These were done in the vicinity as well as in Carentan at the Field Hospital during June – July 1944.
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Category : France (North), Photos Normandy
Tags: Argentan, Avranches, Barfleur, Bricquebec, Juillet, Juin, July, June, Normandie, Normandy
I’ve got an email from one German Historian (Heidelberg) and asking me for Normandy Pictures for the period June-July 1944. As it is way far easier for me to do some postings with these pictures as zipping them and sending them over the net I am doing this right now with only some pictures I have on CD.
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Category : Battle of the Bulge, The Bulge (CMH)
Tags: Alfred Josef Ferdinand Baumgärtler, Alsace, Angerburg (Węgorzewo), Anschluss, Army Ordnance Directorate, Artilleriekommandeur, Avranches, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Bulge, Beer Hall Putsch, Belgium, Benito Mussolini, Black Forest, Bullion, Caucasus, Charles XII of Sweden, Chiemsee, Commando Order, Commissar Order, Conwentzbach, Côte d'Azur, Cotentin Peninsula, Denmark, Editions Foxmaster, Elbe River, English Channel, Fall Gelb, Feldherr, Feldmarschall List, Feldmarschall Walter Mödel, Field Marshal Günther von Kluge, Finnish Nickel-Copper-Molybdenum, Flensburg, Foxmaster Publishing, France, Fraueninsel Cemetery, Frederick II, Frederick the Great, French Bauxite, Fuehrer Conference, Führerhauptquartier, General der Flieger Werner Kreipe, General Ludwig Beck, General Walther von Reichenau, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt, Generalmajor Burkhart Mueller-Hillebrand, Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, Generaloberst Dr. Lothar Rendulic, Geyr von Schweppenberg, Gierłoż (Forst Görlitz), Gotterdammerung, Gunter G. Gillot Jr, Henri Donnedieu de Vabres, Hitler's East Prussian Headquarters, International Military Tribunal, Irma Gräfin, Isar River, Italy, Jr, Kętrzyn, Königsberg, Leuthen, Lorraine, Lt Gen George S. Patton, Luise von Benda, Maj Percy E. Schramm, Masurian Woods, Moselle River, München Hauptspruchkammer, Munich, Napoleon, Narvik, Netherlands, Normandy, Norway, Norwegian Nickel-Copper-Molybdenum, Nuremberg Trials, Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, Oberkommando des Heeres, Operation Barbarossa, Operation Market-Garden, Operation Sealion, Organisation Todt, Petsamo Nickel Mines, Poland, Predappio, Prussia, Rastenburg, Reich Minister Albert Speer, Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels, Reichsbahn, Reichswehr, Reims, Rossbach, Ruhr Industrial Area, Rumanian Oil, Russian Manganese, Seven Years War, Silesia, Soviet Union, Spanish Mercury, Stalingrad, Swedish High Grade Iron, Therese Baumgärtler, Truppenamt, USSR, Versailles-limited Reichswehr, Vosges, Wehrmacht, Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab, Weimar Republic, West Wall Fortifications, Wolf's Lair, Wolfsschanze, Wurzburg, Yugoslavian Copper
UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II
Stetson Conn, General Editor
Advisory Committee
(As of 1 July 1964)
- Fred C. Cole
Washington and Lee University
- Lt Gen August Schomburg
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
- James A. Field, Jr.
Swarthmore College
- Maj Gen Hugh M. Exton
US Continental Army Command
- Earl Pomeroy
University of Oregon
- Brig Gen Ward S. Ryan
US Army War College
- Theodore Ropp
Duke University
- Brig Gen Elias C. Townsend
US Army Command and General Staff College
- Lt Col Thomas E. Griess
United States Military Academy
- Office of the Chief of Military History
Brig Gen Hal. C. Pattison, Chief of Military History
Chief Historian, Stetson Conn
Chief Histories Division, Col Albert W. Jones
Chief Editorial and Graphics Division, Col Walter B. McKenzie
Editor in Chief, Joseph R. Friedman
… to Those Who Served
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Category : 011th Armd Div, US Army - World War 2
Tags: 12th Army Group, 133rd Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion, 14th Armored Division (US), 151st Armored Signal Company, 21st Armored Infantry Battalion, 22nd Tank Battalion, 26th Infantry Division, 41st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz), 41st Tank Battalion, 42nd Tank Battalion, 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 491st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 492nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Armored Division, 4th Infantry Division, 511th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment, 55th Armored Infantry Battalion, 56th Armored Engineer Battalion, 63rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 71st Infantry Division, 81st Armored Medical Battalion, 90th Infantry Division, Acul, Alpine Highway, Alzey, Amstetten, Andernach, Austrian Border, Bastogne Highway, Bayreuth, Belgium, Bertogne, Bois de Rouvroy, Bröhl, Bullay, California, Camp Barkeley, Camp Cooke, Camp Kilmer, Camp Polk, Cham, Chenogne, Coburg, Combat Command A, Combat Command B, Desert Training Center #4 California Maneuvers, Eschfeld, First Army, France, Fulda, Gefrees, Gelnhausen, German Ardenne Counteroffensive, Givet - Sedan, Grafenwohr, Hanau, Hardigny - Bourcy, Hasslach River, Herzfeld, Hildburghausen, Hill 568, Houffalize, Kelberg, Kreuzberg, Kronach, Kyll River, Leidenborn, Lissigen, Louisiana, Luxembourg, Main River, Maj Gen Charles S. Kilburn, Maj Gen Edward H. Brooks, Maj Gen Holmes E. Dager, Manderfeld, Marktzeuln, Meiningen, Naab River, Neufchateau, New Jersey, New York, Ninth Army, Normandy, Ober, Oberhof, Oppenheim, Ormont, Our River, Port of Embarkation, Pruem River, Rechrivall, Regen, Reiff, Reserve Combat Command, Rhine River, Roscheid, Schleusingen, Schlitz, Schwarzenfeld, Sengerich, Senonchamps, Suhl, Texas, Third Army #3 Louisiana Maneuvers, Thuringer Wald, Urfahr - Linz, Velleroux, VIII Corps, Wegscheiden, Werra River, West Wall, Worms, XII Corps, XX Corps
The US 11th Armored Division (11-AD) was activated on August 15 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and moved on June 24 1943 for the Third Army #3 Louisiana Maneuvers. Transferred then to Camp Barkeley, Texas on September 5 1943 the 11-AD participated, October 29 1943, in the Desert Training Center #4 California Maneuvers and arrived at Camp Cooke, California on February 11 1944, staged at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey September 16 1944 until departed New York, Port of Embarkation on September 29 1944 and arrived in England on October 11 1944.
The 11-AD landed in France on December 17 1944, crossed into Belgium on December 29 1944 and entered Germany on March 5 1945. The 11th Armored Division was inactivated on August 1945.
11-AD Commanders
- Maj Gen Edward H. Brooks : August 1942 – March 1944
- Maj Gen Charles S. Kilburn : March 1944 – March 1945
- Maj Gen Holmes E. Dager : March 1945 – Deactivation
11-AD Casualties
- Killed in Action : 432
- Wounded in Action : 2.394
- Died of Wounds : 90
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Category : Archives Movies, Rolling to the Rhine
Tags: African Americans, Antwerp, Belgium, Chartres, Cherbourg, Col Loren Albert Ayers, D-Day Beaches, Dolhain, Eupen, France, German Luftwaffe, June 6 1944, Little Patton, Normandy, Red Ball Express, Verviers
The Red Ball Express was a gigantic convoy system created by Allied forces to supply their forward-area combat units moving through Europe following the breakout from the D-Day beaches in Normandy. The term “Red Ball” was a railroad phrase referring to express shipping. The system lasted only three months, from August 25 to November 16, 1944, when the port facilities at Antwerp, Belgium were opened. The term Red Ball is often used incorrectly to refer to all WWII European supply convoys by historians and the veterans themselves.
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I’ve just found the negatives from the photos I used while publishing (Foxmaster Publishing Belgium) the French Version of the book : Utah Beach to Cherbourg (Office of the Chief of Military History – USA) in the 90s (over 550 pages and 500 photos).
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Zundapp KS750 Dug Up after 64 years in Normandy ! In our recent feature Normandy Relics we mentioned a farmer in sight of MILWEB’s office in Normandy who found 3 German bodies last spring. Though identification efforts continue, it is certain from insignia that the bodies were from 10. SS Division soldiers who fought so desperately to stop the British breakout.
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Category : Para Test Platoon, Parachute Battalion
Tags: 1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1st Allied Airborne Army, 29th Regiment, 502nd Prcht Inf Regt, 82nd A/B Divison, AEF 1st Division, aerostat, Air Force Unit, Air Transport, Airborne Troops, Anacostia, André-Jacques Garnerin, Anthony Janus, Army Air Corps, Army Ground Forces, Army Unit, Austria, Baldwin Samuel, Baldwin Thomas, Ballonist, Bastogne, Belgium, Benoist Airplanes Manufacturing Company, Berchtesgaden, Berkshire, Bolling Field, Bourcy, British 30th Corps, Camp Mourmelon, Capt Albert Berry, Capt Frank Lillyman, Capt Ivan Hershner, Capt Richard L. Davidson, Capt Robert Clements, Carentan, Carentan Causeway, Cephalonia Island, Champs, Charles Broadwick, Charles Green, Chilton Foliat, Coat Parachute, Codice Atlantico, Col John Michaelis, Col R. G. Cole, Col William Mitchell, Dayton, Denford, Dodewaard, Dunlap’s American Daily, Düsseldorf, Edward Spencer, Emperor Shun, Fausto Veranzio, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, France, France Field, Frederick Rodman Law, French Aeronaut, French Army, French Physicist, Gen George C. Marshall, Gen John Steele, Grand Day Fete, Grant Morton, Greenham Common, Greenwich, Hemroulle, Hermann Lettemann, Holland, Hungary, Hungerford, Icarus, Independence Square, Ingouf Farm, Italian Paratroopers, Jean Pierre Blanchard, Jeanne-Geneviève Labrosse, Jérôme François de Lalande, John Wise, Joseph Montgolfier, Joseph Pino, Käthe Paulus, Kelly Field, La Billionnerie, Lawson Field, Leo Stevens, Leornardo da Vinci, Longchamps, Louis H. Brereton, Louis Sébastien Lenormand, Lt Col George P. Howell, Lt Col George Van Horn Moseley, Lt David Irwin, Lt Edward Selfridge, Lt Jean Levassor, Lt John Sammons Bell, Lt Mochkowski, Main Pack, Maj E. L. Hoffman, Maj Gen George A. Lynch, Maj John Stopka, Maj Leonid Minov, Market Garden, Mass Jump, McCook Field, Membury, Michamps, Mike Blodgett, Military Observator, Mittersill, Moder River, Montgolfier Brothers, Montpellier Faculty, Montpellier Observatory, Newton Isaac, Normandy, North Carolina, Ohio, Omo Volans, Parachute, Parachute School, Paris, Philadelphia, Philip Page, Plaine de Monceau, Purple Heart Lane, Red Army, Reims, Remote Automatic Sack, Rio Hato, Rip Cord, Robert Cocking, Rolle Château, Royal Nassau, Royal Vauxhall, Ruhr Pocket, Russian Airborne, San Antonio, SAS (Special Air Service), Sir George Cayley, St Martin de Varreville, St Oedenrode, Texas, Umbrellas, US Army Air Service, Utah Beach, Vauxhall Gardens, Walnut Street Prison, Welford, William C. Lee, World War One, Wright Airplane, Zon, Zonsche Forest
A Short History of the Parachute and
the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
(Chip Cifone USA & Gunter G. Gillot Jr BE)
Parachute and Umbrellas :
It seems that the first draw of a parachute look like things was made in China some 2000 years before JC. As the story told us, Shun, the Emperor itself trapped in his burning palace used some large umbrella (not sponsored by Coca Cola) to jump out of a window and landed relatively safely on the ground.
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There are the 14 shots for March 2009. Sorry I forgot to post the January and February 14 shots because I was doing the site a major upgrade. So I am back at it now while I still have 50 percent of the site to restore. Remember that your are welcomed to comment these photos.
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Category : Cavalry Troops
Tags: 26th Infantry Division, 28th Cav Sq, 35th Infantry Division, 3rd Cavalry Division, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 61st Army Ground Forces Band, 6th Cav Sq, 6th Cavalry Group, 87th Infantry Division, Adorf, Andernach, Antietam, Apaches, Appomattox, Bannvale, Bastogne, Belfast, Betlange, Betlange Farm, Boppard, Carling, Chancellorsville, Chicago, Civil War, Clervaux, Co Armagh, Col Edward M. Fickett, Cold Harbor, Comanches, Eisenach, Elmfield, Erfurt, Erlbach, Evan, Falkenstein, Firth of Clyde, France, Fredericksburg, Furham, Gettysburg, Giessen, Gilford, Gota, Greenock, Harlange, Joe Ben Wheat, Koblenz, L'Hopital, Lasel, Lintange, Lutremange, Mareneukirchen, Markethill, Moselle River, Negro Troops, Neumark, Normandy, Northern Ireland, Orange Hall, Our River, Peninsula, Petersburg, Pine Ridges, Queen Elisabeth, Recogne, Saar River, Saarbrucken, Scotland, Shenandoah, Sollez, Spessart, St Avold, Stramore, Surre, Tandragee Castle, Tarchamps, Thionville, Vianden, Villers-La-Bonne, Virginia, Volklingen, Waldhof, Watrange, Waxweiler, Weimar, Wilderness, Wilmerwiltz, Wiltz
The 6/CG-Mecz, under command of Col Edward M. Fickett and consisting of the 6-Sq/6CG and 28-Sq/6CG, landed in France on Jul 10 1944. The group was trained for the mission of establishing the Army Information Service for Gen George S. Patton’s Third Army while in England and in Normandy.
In July 1944, the Third Army became operational and with the 6/CG attached. Until Nov 1 1944 the group operated the Army Information Service, performing an invaluable mission for the Army Commander in keeping him completely informed as to the activities and location of his forward troops.
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Review from Christine Henning, USA
The story of the paratroop and glider corps, who landed in France the day before D-Day and cleared the way for the invasion, is told with first person narration. It’s actually a fairly compelling story, which impresses you with the bravery of the men involved. The footage is excellent, giving you a real feel for what it must have been like to be over there.
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My name is [xxxx xxxx] and I am the great grandchild of Mrs. Robert from Barneville in France (Normandy) which accommodated General EISENHOWER and General PATTON during the WWII invasion in June 1944. My great-grandmother had a small hotel with restaurant and could therefore receive a group of american officers for about 2 weeks.
The White House wrote our familiy a personal letter of thanks after the war – of course we still have this letter in our family archive.
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Category : 007th Armd Div, US Army - World War 2
Tags: #2 California Maneuvers, 129th Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion, 147th Armored Signal Company, 17th Tank Battalion, 203rd AAA Auto-Wpns Battalion, 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 31st Tank Battalion, 33rd Armored Engineer Battalion, 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 40th Tank Battalion, 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 48th Armored Infantry Battalion, 507th CIC Detachment, 5th Inf Div, 7/AD, 75th Infantry Division (US), 77th Armored Medical Battalion, 7th Armd Div, 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 820th Tank Destroyer Battalton, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 90th Infantry Division, Arnaville, Arry, Austen, Baltic Sea, Belgium, Bois de St Vith, Bonn, Born, Brig Gen Truman E. Boudinot, Camp Myles Standish, Camp Patrick Henry, Camp Polk, Camp Shanks, Canal de Deurne, Canal du Nord, CCA-7/AD, CCB-7AD, CCR-7/AD, Chartres, Chateau Thierry, Corny, Desert Training Center, Dill River, Eder River, Edersee Dam, Elbe River, Fort Benning, France, Frederburg, Georgia, Germany, Giessen, Gleidorf, Gottingen, Hampton Roads POE, Hechelscheid, Herborn, Holland, HQs Company, Hunningen, IV Corps Louisiana Maneuvers, Kluetz, Lahn River, Liesel, Linnich, Louisiana, Maas River, Maj Gen Lindsay Mc. Silvester, Maj Gen Robert W. Hasbrouck, Manhay, Marburg, Mardigny, Marne River, Marshes, Massachusetts, Mecz, Meijel, Melun, Metz, Meuse River, Mondelange, Moselle River, Nederweert, New York, New York Port of Embarkation, Niedersfeld, Nogent le Rotrou, Normandy, Oploo, Overloon, Peel, Pournoy-la-Chétive, Remagen, Rhine River, Roer River, Ruhr Pocket, Schmidt, Sedan, Seille River, Seine River, Sillegny, Soviet Army forces, St Vith, Steckenborn, Strauch, Venlo, Verdun, Virginia, Vortum, Wallerode, Weert, Wetzlar, Zülpich
The 7th Armored Division was activated on Mar 1 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and moved Sep 15 1942 to the IV Corps Louisiana Maneuvers. It returned to Camp Polk on Nov 9 1942, arrived then Mar 11 1943 at the Desert Training Center for the #2 California Maneuvers, was transferred Aug 12 1943 to Fort Benning, Georgia and arrived at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts on Apr 22 1944.
The Division staged et Camp Shanks, New York, from May 2 1944 until departed New York Port of Embarkation on Jun 7 Jun 1944 and arrived in England on Jun 14 1944.
The 7th Armored Division landed in France on Aug 11 1944, crossed into Belgium on Sep 26 and into Holland on Oct 8 1944. It returned to Belgium on Dec 28 1944 and entered Germany Mar 15 1945.
The 7/AD arrived then at Hampton Roads POE on Oct 9 1945 and was inactivated at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia on Oct 9 1945.
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Category : 106th Inf Div, US Army - World War 2
Tags: 101st Airborne Division, 106th Infantry Division, 159th Infantry Regiment, 1st Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 517th PIR, 6 SS Panzer Army, 66th Infantry Division, 99th Infantry Division (US), Anthisnes, Armelscheid, Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, Bleialf, Boston POE, Camp Atterbury Indiana, Camp Myles Standish, Camp Shanks, Ennal, Fort Jackson, German Ardenne Counteroffensive, Holland, Hunnigen, Luftwaffe Troops, Maj Gen Alan W. Jones, Maj Gen Donald A. Stroh, Manderfeld, Manhay, Massachusetts, Meyerode, New York POE, Normandy, Olds, Panzer Troops, Pronsfeld, Rhine River, Schnee Eifel, Schoenberg, Second Army #5 Tennessee Maneuvers, Simmer River, South Carolina, SS Panzer, SS Troops, St Quentin, Stavelot, Wanne, Wehrmacht Troops
There is something I would like to say about the 106th Infantry Division. In Belgium, as witnesses on what happened during the Battle of the Bulge, we are able to do a parallel between the 2 Inf Regts (422-423/106th Infantry Division) surrounded around the hight grounds in the Schoenberg – Armelscheid – Bleialf area and the 101st Airborne Division surrounded in the vicinity of Bastogne for 6 days. If Commanding General 1st Army would have done it the same way with the 101st A/B as they did with the 106th Inf Div, the US Army would have lost over 14000 men captured and not 6800. The 101st Troopers in Bastogne were all veterans of Normandy and Holland and they knew all the tricks used by the Germans in this perdiod. The had already face SS Troops, SS Panzer, Luftfaffe, Panzer and Wermacht Troops. In comparison, the entire 106th Infantry Division had on December 1944 neither shot a single 30.06 bullet at the Germans nor had faced a combat against the Germans.
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Category : 099th-IR(S)(V), Battle of the Bulge
Tags: 1 SS PanzerKorps, 12th Army Group, 1st Army, 1st Army HQ, 1st Ranger Battalion, 1st Special Service Force, 2nd Armored Division, 30th Infantry Division (US), 3rd Army, 3rd Ranger Battalion, 474th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division Hqs, 4th Ranger Battalion, 4th Reconnaissance Bn, 526th Armored Infantry Battalion, 552nd Anti-Tank Co, 759th Light Tank Battalion, 825th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 99th Battalion HQ, 99th Regiment (Separate), 9th Army, Aachen, Alsdorf, Antoni Pisani, Ardenne Offensive, Army Clerical School, Augusta, Barneville, Belgium, Bristol, Camp Gordon, Camp Hale, Camp Ripley, Camp Shanks, Canteen Service, Cherbourg, Colorado, Denver, Elbeuf, England, Fort Gordon, Fort Snelling, Fourth District Department of Minnesota, France, Georgia, Glenusk Park, Harland Hanson, Harold K. Hanson, Herford, Holland, Horse Cavalry, HQ-AGF, Iowa, Iwo Jima, Junction City, Kaiseroda, Kansas, King Haakon, LCI, Lt Lester Carlson, Maastricht, Madison, Malmedy, Merkers, Meuse Canal, Michigan, Miles Green, Minneapolis, Minnehaha Co, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Normandy, North Carolina, North Dakota, Norway, Norwegian, Omaha Beach, Operation Greif, Operations in Norway, OSS, OSS Teams, Panzerbrigade 150, Perham Downs Camp, Post Exchange, Provisional Ranger Group, Reichsbank in Frankfurt, Ridge at Elsenborn, Scandinavian, Scotland, Seine River, Sibley, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, South Pacific, SS- Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny, Star Spangled Banner, State Highway Patrol, Stavelot, Swedish Guards, Task Force Hansen, Tidworth, Tilff, Ubach Pallenberg, US Army Ski Cantonment, USMC, USS Mexico, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vickings, Vikings, Wales, Wiltshire, Wurselen
Dear Gunter, the press request 99th got had me find this which will be of interest to you and your website. You will get detailed explanation with my letters home of going into Army and joining the 99th Infantry Battalion Separate, the 99th Formation and Training. Followed by full write up the Belgian Ardenne or Battle of the Bulge done with nearly hundreds of quotes from 99ers. What follows is from my November 2007 99th Informations and Newsletter. Below are quotes from many of my Dad’s letters written during the War many and perhaps even most of your readers know of 99er letters written during the War.
Copies you have typed up on your computer or legible photocopies that fill in much more of the 99th’s story and tell your 99er’s story. The following has been written in response to questions from Antoni Pisani the Norwegian who lives in Oslo that is now working on a book about all of the 99th, and not just “C” Company as it first started out, for a Norwegian publishing company.
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