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Category : Omaha Beach, Textes en Français
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division, 115th Inf Regt, 116th Inf Regt, 16th Inf Regt, 1st British Corps, 1st Infantry Division, 1st US Army, 21. Panzerdivision, 21st Army Group, 29th Infantry D, 29th Infantry Division, 2nd British Army, 2nd Ranger, 2nd Ranger Battalion, 5th Ranger Battalion, 6th British Airborne Division, 7. Armee, 82nd Airborne Division (US), 8th AAF, 9th AAF, ACM Trafford L. Leigh Mallory, Afrique du Nord, Alençon, Allied Combined Staff, Bayeux, Cabourg, Caen, Caumont, Cherbourg-(Port), Col Benjamin B. Talley, Col James E. Rudder, Conférence de Québec, Conférence de Washington, Conflans, Coutances, Creil, Dartmouth, Devonshire, Douve-(Rivière), Duck, Evreux, Fabius, Falmouth, Forêt de Cerisy, Fox, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gen Bernard L. Montgomery, Gen Charles H. Gerhardt, Gen Clarence R. Huebner, Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen Lawton J. Collins, Gen Leonard T. Gerow, Gen Matthew B. Ridgway, Gen Maxwell D. Taylor, Gen Norman D. Cota, Gen Omar N. Bradley, Gen Walter M. Robertson, General der Artillerie Erich Marcks, Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger, Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann, Grandcamp, Ilfracombe, Le Havre-(Port), Les Moulins, Lt Gen Frederic E. Morgan, Lt Gen G. C. Bucknall, Lt Gen J. T. Crocker, Lt Gen James H. Doolittle, Lt Gen Lewis H. Brereton, LXXXIV Korps, Maj Gen R. N. Gale, Maj Sidney V. Bingham, Manche, Mans, Merderet-(Rivière), Meuse-(Rivière), Montebourg, Mur de l'Atlantique, Normandie, Omaha Beach, Opération Neptune, Operation Overlord, Operation Torch, Orne-(Rivière), Paris, Pas-de-Calais, Péninsule de Bretagne, Péninsule du Cotentin, Plymouth, Pointe de la Percée, Port en Bessin, Portland, Rouen, Royal Navy, Saint-Lô, Seine-(Rivière), SHAEF, Sicile, Slapton Sands, Somme-(Rivière), Ste Mere-Eglise, Textes Français, US Navy, Utah Beach, V Corps US, VII Corps US, Vire, Vire-(Rivière), Washington, Winston Churchill, XXXth British Corps
Avant-Propos – 2009
Avant de publier sur ce site l’ouvrage des Editions Foxmaster que je dirigeais dans les courant des années 1990-1995 et avant de me séparer de la Société en prenant soins toutefois de conserver le catalogue et les droits, je voudrais attirer l’attention du lecteur d’expression française sur le point suivant : tant Heimdall que Foxmaster et d’autres ont publié bien des ouvrages sur le sujet. A chaque fois, des lecteurs exprimèrent de nombreux commentaires, souvent positifs ou non. Je lance donc ici un appel à ceux qui d’une manière ou d’une autre seraient susceptibles d’apporter à ce travail une quantité d’anecdotes inédites, des images inconnues voir même des récites toujours inconnus à ce jour. Bien que le coût du maintient de mon site en ligne devient de plus en plus difficile à supporter seul j’aimerai faire savoir aux lecteurs, aux historiens et aux passionnées de cette période que la place n’a pas de limite sur Internet. Il ne peut donc être question d’éloigner des photos ou des récits par manque de place comme dans l’édition papier. Aussi, je vous invite tous à ma faire parvenir vos documents et images via émail avec vos désidératas, vos envies, et surtout vos coordonnées afin de pouvoir ajouter vos propos dans le texte que je publie et que j’envisage de renommer – la version corrigée – avec votre aide, vos essais, vos écrits et même vos livres qui trouveront ici la publicité qu’ils méritent.
Gunter G. Gillot Jr – Jalhay – 2009
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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 : 002nd ID History
Tags: 002nd Infantry Division, Belfast, Cotentin Peninsula, County Armagh, County Down, Irish Sea, Isigny, North Ireland, Port en Bessin, St Donat's Castle, Tenby
The voyage across was made without undue incident, and on Oct 17, the Division began arriving in the Irish Sea off Belfast. Disembarking at the Irish port of Belfast, the units of the Division moved by rail to points in and County Down, North Ireland. They then marched to the billets they would occupy, in hutments, castles, manor houses, and factories, throughout the scattered Irish towns and hamlets.
Division Headquarters was set up in Armagh, the county seat of County Armagh, reputed burial place of Good St Patrick. Mastering the idiosyncrasies of the Irish language which proved to be a pure, clear English and not at all the brogue of Irish comedians on the American stage. The men of the Division fell in quickly with the customs of the country. They made friends readily with their amiable Irish neighbors and soon learned to tell a crown from a bob and stout from ale. One of the great surprises was the Irish weather. It was generally wet and overcast with long slow rains and heavy swirling fogs. There hovered constantly a blanket of mist which kept the countryside a dazzling green. Once the men got used to murky skies and boggy ground, other aspects of life in garrison became more pleasing.
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Category : 002nd ID History, 002nd Inf Div
Tags: 2nd Marine Division, Aisne, Alaska, Antietam, Ardennes, Arizona (1866), Atlanta (1864), Attigny, Battle of Tientsin, Bendorf, Boxer Rebellion, Camp Travis, Capture of Manila, Capture of York, Central Europe, Cerro Gordo, CG AEF, Champagne, Chancellorsville, Chapultepec, Chateau Thierry, Chickamauga Chattanooga, China, Chippewa River Battle, Churubusco, Civil War, Col Preston Brown, Cold Harbor, Colonia Dublan, Contreras, Corps of Engineers, Cotentin Peninsula, County Armagh, County Down, Cuban Expeditionary Force, Czechoslovakia, Enger am Rhine, Ettringer, Field Hospital and Ambulance Company No. 1, Fort Erie, Fort Francis D. Warren, Fort George, Fort Sam Houston, France, Fredericksburg, Gen George S. Patton, Gen John J. Pershing, Gen Winneld Scott, Georgia, Gettysburg, Hospital Corps, Idaho (1868), Ile de France, Indian Head, Indian Wars, Isigny, Kentucky (1864), Liscum Bowl, Little Big Horn, Lorraine, Lundy’s Lane, Maj Gen Lejeune, Maj Gen Leonard T. Gerow, Maj Gen Omar Bundy, Maj Gen Preston Brown, Maj Gen Walter M. Robertson, Manassas, Manchu dragon, Manchu Regiment, Marne, Mexican Border, Mississippi (1862), Mont Blanc, Murfrees Boro, New York, Niedermendig, Normandy Peninsula, North Ireland, Northern France, Obermendig, Peking, Peninsular Campaign, Petersburg, Philippine Insurrection, Pine Camp, Port en Bessin, Rhineland, Sackett’s Harbor, San Isidore Luzon (1899- 1900), Santiago, Sayn, School of Instructions, Second to None, Siege of Brest, Siegfried Line, Sitka, Soissons, South Wales, Spanish-American War, Spotsylvania, St Donat’s Castle, St Gaudens lndian, St Johann, St-Laurent-sur-Mer, St. Michiel Salient, Sugny, Syracuse, Tarlac-Samar (1901), Tennessee (1863), Texas, The Rock of the Marne, USMC, V Corps, Valley of Mexico, Verdun, Virginia (1863), Vivier au Court, War with England, War with Mexico, Washington Barracks, Wehrmacht, Wilderness, William Randolph Hearst, Wyoming, Wyoming (1866-1867), Yang-Tsun, Zapo
Members of the 2nd Infantry Division has been the wearers of the famed Indian Head Patch in five different wars around the planet. This insignia had its origin during World War One as the identifying insignia on the vehicles of the Division Supply Trains. The Commanding Officer of the trains held a contest in March, 1918, to select a distinctive identifying symbol for use upon the vehicles after he had seen the vehicles of adjacent French units decorated in this manner. Through his adjutant he sent out a memorandum authorizing prizes for the best designs submitted, with a first prize of forty francs. The winning insignia, which obtained the final approval of Division Headquarters for use upon supply train vehicles in April, 1918, was the striking red and blue Indian head, super imposed upon a white star. The head covered the reentrant angles of the star and exposed only the points. Maj Gen Omar Bundy, the Division Commander, and his Chief of Staff, Col Preston Brown, later Maj Gen Preston Brown, were riding in a command car one day in April when Gen Bundy’s eye was caught by the insignia emblazoned on a truck. According to a letter from Maj Gen Brown written some time later, Gen Bundy stopped the driver, asked the meaning of the device, and was told by the driver that it enabled him to find his vehicle in the dark. The letter does not bring out that the insignia had been authorized and was probably coming into use on all the vehicles of the trains but at that time and at any rate, the Gen and his Chief of Staff promptly sent their cars to the area to have the insignia painted upon them. In this manner the Indian Head became associated with the 2nd Infantry Division as its identifying insignia some time before it became the standard shoulder patch so proudly worn by men of the Division.
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