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Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, 193rd Glider Infantry Regt, 194th Glider Infantry, Airborne Handy Car M-3, American Red Cross, Camp Mourmelon, Cecil Dawson, Cindy Cavanah, Col Delbert Townsend, Corcoran Jump Boots, Ed Friday, England, France, Howard Oyler, Jeeps, Joe Summers, Kenny Cavanah, M-1 modified Para Helmet, M-1943 Field Trouser, M-3 Combat Knife, M-8 Scabbard, Maj Petersen, Marty Cavanah, Mulheim, Never Published, Operation Varsity, Photos, Rhine River, Rose Friday, Sgt Silverstein, Walther P-38, Wartime
Another Wartime photos set and like the one before it’s a really good one.
Joe Summers
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Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, 193rd Glider Infantry Regt, 194th Glider Infantry, Airborne Handy Car M-3, American Red Cross, Camp Mourmelon, Cecil Dawson, Cindy Cavanah, Col Delbert Townsend, Corcoran Jump Boots, Ed Friday, England, France, Howard Oyler, Jeeps, Joe Summers, Kenny Cavanah, M-1 modified Para Helmet, M-1943 Field Trouser, M-3 Combat Knife, M-8 Scabbard, Maj Petersen, Marty Cavanah, Mulheim, Never Published, Operation Varsity, Photos, Rhine River, Rose Friday, Sgt Silverstein, Walther P-38, Wartime
And here is the next set Wartime photos of the 17th Airborne Division.
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Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, 193rd Glider Infantry Regt, 194th Glider Infantry, Airborne Handy Car M-3, American Red Cross, Camp Mourmelon, Cecil Dawson, Cindy Cavanah, Col Delbert Townsend, Corcoran Jump Boots, Ed Friday, England, France, Howard Oyler, Jeeps, Kenny Cavanah, M-1 modified Para Helmet, M-1943 Field Trouser, M-3 Combat Knife, M-8 Scabbard, Maj Petersen, Marty Cavanah, Mulheim, Never Published, Operation Varsity, Photos, Rhine River, Rose Friday, Sgt Silverstein, Walther P-38, Wartime
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 and Marty, thanks to Joe’s daugther. And once again for every other US Vet’s, if you have photos pass them over here because I love playing with wartime photos.
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Category : 017th Airborne Division, Battelfields Photos
Tags: 13th Abn Div, 17th Abn Div, 193rd Glider Infantry Regt, 194th Glider Inf Rgt (US), Cecil Dawson, Cindy Cavanagh, France, Germany, Joe Summers, Kenny Cavanah, Le Havre, Marlène Dietrich, Marty Cavanagh, Mickey Rooney, New York, Operation Varsity, USS Thomas Berry
Message #01 : Some of the photos I sent yesterday failed to be delivered. I will try again. Have a good day. Operation Varsity taken by Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. Marty Cavanah
Message #02 : Photos taken by my Dad Kenny Cavanah who was in the 193rd & 194th Glider Infantry of the 17th Airborne. Photo was taken on August 12, 1945 as he was boarding the USS Thomas Berry at La Harve, France. He had been transferred to the 13th Airborne to be sent to Japan. However, the war ended while they were at sea and soon docked in New York. Marty Cavanah
Message #03 : Hello Gunter, photos of my Dad with his best friend Cecil Dawson boxing. My Dad Kenny Cavanah is on the left and Cecil Dawson is on the right. Another photo of Cecil Dawson with a baseball glove. Dad went up to the cemetery after the war ended and found his grave. He paid a girl to put flowers on the grave and took a photo of Cecil Dawson’s grave and the cemetery. After the war he kept in touch with Cecil Dawson’s parents visiting them several times and visiting his grave after his body was transferred back to the US. Cecil Dawson was killed as he stepped out of his glider after landing near Wesel, Germany. Marty Cavanah
Message #04 : Gunter, glad to see the photos put up on your webpage and that you were glad to receive them. I have two more photos taken by Pvt Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. I received these photos from his daughter and was allowed to scan them into the computer in order to have and to share with anyone who may like them. I will send you two more. One photo is of Marlene Deitrich and an unknown soldier in front of a parachute. The second photo is of Mickey Rooney. Joe Summers is the photographer standing next to Mickey Rooney with the camera. I have photos taken by Joe Summers during Operation Varsity. I will send them to you if you would like them. Have a good day and I enjoy your website very much. Marty Cavanah
Message #05 : I tried sending these to you a couple of minutes ago but do not think they came through. Will try again. I believe there is another photo of Marlene Deitrich. I will let you decide. It is taken on a stage in front of a parachute. I will send a few more images taken during Operation Varsity. Some other photos were taken by Howard Oyler who is a good friend of my Dad and was in the 17th Airborne. After the war he went back and took photos of the gliders to document the damage done. Some of these were taken at that time. Some were taken by Joe Summers of German soldiers being captured during Operation Varsity in March 1945. I have many more. Post what you like and may find interesting and let me know if you want anymore sent. I will send them to you 4 at a time.
Answer : Marty and Cindy …. keep sending … keep sending … as I am planing to create your own galerie for all the photos and the maximum is 25.000 photos / galerie 
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Dr Philip K. Wilson, Ed Siergiej, Hq 464th PFA, Margaret Guyot, Operation Varsity, Rhine Jump, Robert L. Wilson, VFW, Watkins Inc, Wichita
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. In a letter to Ed Siergiej from Dr. Philip K. Wilson we learned that his Father, Mr Robert L. Wilson, Hq 464th PFA passed away on 23 November 2008. With an assist from Ed Siergiej I was able to contact Dr Wilson to obtain the essential information for this message.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: Battle of the Bulge, Betty Tomaselli, Braesaker, Buffalo Bills, Camp Mackall, Co B, Concetta Salvatore Costanza, Daniel Nancy DeMarco, Daniel Sherry DeMarco, Dillon, Edwards, Erickson, Ishom, James Paula DeMarco, Joe Quade, Joseph D DeMarco, Joseph Diane DeMarco, Josephine Pietrantonio DeMarco, Marincola, Matus, Mrs Josephine DeMarco, New York, Operation Varsity, Orchard Park, Parkinson's Disease, Simko, Tennessee Maneuvers, Vogel, Wishard
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 his Widow, Mrs Josephine DeMarco, and several other Friends in the Orchard Park area, we learned that Mr. Joseph D DeMarco, Co B, 194th GIR passed away on 8 December 2009. As a very personal Friend of the DeMarco Family, it was very easy to contact the Family to obtain the essential information for this message.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 442-RTC, 507th Prcht, 681st Glider Field Artillery, 69th Division, 82nd Airborne, American-Chinese, Asians, Battle of the Bulge, Berlin, Camp Forrest, CBI Theater of Operation, China-Burma-India, Detroit, Distinguished Veterans, Eloise Hospital, FBI, Forney Lee, Hq 681st Glider Field Arty, Idaho, Indiana, Internment Camp, Katsumi Nakadate, Leon Lee, Mary Marumoto, Operation Varsity, Oregon, Oregon Medical School, Pearl Harbor Day, Portland, Salem, US Army Reserve, VA Hospitals, Valued Comrade, Washington, Washington High School, Willamette University
It is with a heavy heart that we belatedly learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. This sad news concerns the passing of Dr Katsumi Nakadate, Hq 681st GFA who passed away on 29 November 2007. In the latest issue of the Thundermailcall (#21, November 2009) an article concerning Dr. Nakadate) is as follows :
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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: 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 : Archive Stories, Robert - 513-PIR
Tags: 10th Troop Carrier Group, 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light), 16th Observation Squadron, 17th Airborne Division, 314th Troop Carrier Group, 316th Troop Carrier Group, 3rd Composite Squadron, 41st French Escadrille, 438th Troop Carrier Group, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 63d Troop Carrier Group, 74th Observation Group, 97th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Alabama, Anthony Eden, Army Airfield, Battle of the Bulge, Bussey Plantation, Camp Forrest, Camp Mackall, Camp Miles Standish, Capt Walter R. Lawson, CG Army Air Corps, Cherbourg, Civil War, Columbus, Douglas 0-25, E Company, Edward Maley, England, English Channel, Flight B, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Fort Lewis, France, Frying Pan, Ft Riley, Gen George C. Marshall, Gen Hap Arnold, Georgia, Georgia Supreme Court, Henry Lewis Benning, I Troop Carrier Command, Infantry School, Infantry School of Arms, Kansas, Lawson Field, Liverpool, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Mande St Etienne, Maxwell Field, McCook Field, Montgomery, Mourmelon le Grand, New York City, North Carolina, Ohio, Operation Varsity, Portland Oregon Draft Board, President Franklin Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth-1, Rhine River, Robert L. Bobcat Williamson, Southampton, SS Wakefield, Stuart Stryker, Taunton, Tennessee, Tidworth Barracks, Winchester
Robert L. Bobcat Williamson, E Company, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division (ASN 39336775) was born on February 19 1925. Bob Williamson has several claims to notoriety, which consists of two very good reasons. First, Williamson, has become my very close friend ever since we met in 2001, at the Branson, MO, reunion. Our friendship permitted us to fondly rename each other. He is now my Bobcat and I am his Tomcat, as the two very loyal airborne feline buddies. His other claim to fame was that he was the buddy of Stuart Stryker, the winner of one of our four Medal of Honor recipients. They both volunteered for the airborne at their induction in Oregon.
Bobcat entered military service at the Portland Oregon Draft Board. From Portland, he and Stryker was bused to Fort Lewis where they first saw a paratrooper in dressed uniform. His entire group of draftees liked that look and volunteered for the paratroops and were then transported to Fort Benning, Georgia in a train that took a week. Upon arrival, they met a paratroop Sergeant, who admonished them for joining such a dangerous unit while still so young. He offered them “quit slips” should they change their minds, but there was no ‘quitter’ among them. After they all went through very rigorous physical trainings at the Frying Pan (Lawson Field) area at Fort Benning, some of the guys signed the quit slip except Patterson, Stryker and Bob, who refused to sign because they wanted the extra $50 pay per month.
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Category : Veterans Taps
Tags: 17th Airborne Division, Ardennes Offensive, Bronze Star Medal, Capt Robert Faulkner Gray, Greenville, Korean War, Lebanon, Lexington, Nellie Dowse Gray, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Operation Varsity, South Carolina, Sr, William Faulkner Gray
It is with a heavy heart that we learn of the passing of another of our Distinguished Veterans and a Valued Comrade. Through a message from James R. Jones we learn that Robert Faulkner Gray, Sr, Capt US Army (Ret), 194th GIR, passed away on 1 August 2009. I was able to contact a Family Member to obtain the information for this message. Following his service with the 17th Airborne Division Capt Gray remained in the US Army for a 20 year career. Following his military service he was employed by a local Bank and the Electronic Data Systems Inc in Columbia, SC. In retirement he enjoyed following his Father’s trade – A Cabinet Maker. The cause of death was Natural Causes at the age of 93.
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